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Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
Conditions of Trade.

New York, Jan. - - Bradstreet's
says: The second week Of the new
year brings few reI orts of an increas-
ing volume of orders for seasonable
goods. Weather conditions in the
East have been unfavorable, those
West and South the reverse. Chicago,
st. Louis, Boston, New York and Phil
adelphia report relatively greater i'm
provement, with increased orders for
dry goods, clothing, rubbers, shoes,
hardware and wooden dress goods. At
some centers it is too early to Judge
Of the outlook for trade. Travel
ers in many instances have not all
gone out.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17

In London paving stone was no.
ticed to have raised above the other
by its side, and workingmen were sent
to replace it on level with the rest
of the pavement. Before they reach
ed there numerous toadstools appeared
between it and it's fellows, and when
1t was taken up, it was found that
the growth of these fungi soft and
spongy though they are, had lifted the
stone, which was four feet across one
way and two feet across the other
way, and weighed 212 pounds. This
seems even more wonderful than the
splitting of rock by The roots of an
oak or other tree growing in n crevice
Of rock.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
Otherwise.

DR.. Alvah II. Doty succeeds DR..
Jenkins as health officer Of New York.
Mexico is buying large quantities OF
American silver for coinage. $S,
The Colorado Farmers alliance de-
clared for free silver and a currency is
sued by the government alone.
Delmonico's famous restaurant in
New York is going to move uptown to
retain the theatrical custom.
The people at Lima, Peru, are starv-
ing and desperate, and the rioting con.
tinues.
The will Of Joseph Mathers, late OF
Biggsville, ILL.,, endows two professor
ships at Monmouth college.
Wanamaker has declined the presi.
dency of the Reading. 1t has been de-
cided to foreclose the general mort
gage at once.
A doctor at West Point, N. *, re-
fused to issue a burial certificate until
he had been paid for medical attend.
ance.
People in Western Nebraska are SUI.
fering from scurvy owing to lack Of
wholesome food. A dozen deaths from
want are reported.
An explosion cut off the supply Of
natural gas at Fremont, Ind, and the
residents had to sHrmish for wood and
coal.
A crank has been haunting the Pal
ace hotel at San Francisco day and
night waiting for Miss Virginia Fair to
arrive.
Holmes county, Miss, is excited over
the discovery near the Carroll county
line Of what is certainly very large
bed Of Ignite.
mayor of New York He is the first
executive not Democrat in twenty
two years.
Six hundred women stitchers headed
parade Of strikers through the streets
at Haverhill, Mass, afterward being
addressed by Miss Frances Willard.
Adolph Sutro will rebuild the Cliff
house at San Francisco, and will have
one wing project over the rocks SO that
visitors may fish in the ocean.
The supreme court Of California at
firmed the decision of the lower court
that Alice Edith Dickinson was not the
legal widow Of Millionaire Blythe.
Mrs. r. J. Lindsey is on her death
bed at A1uncie, Ind, and the cause OF
her illness is the ng-deferred hope OF
seeing her husband. who has been miss
ing for seven years.
J. w. Squires, leading business man
of Council Bluffs, has been sued for
$4,000 damages by Mrs. Mamie Rol-
Inns, who maintains that he agreed to
support her.
Florence Gilman of Peoria and Nellie
james of Pekin eloped with two Jack
sonville young men to bloomington,
where they were arrested by the police
and returned to their homes.
Attorney General Ellis Of Michigan
sued for an injunction to restrain the
warden Of the Jackson prison from
leasing convict labor to q Chifago b.
cycle company.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
LAST YEARS CROPS,
A Decrease In Corn but an Increase
in Wheat.

A Decrease In Corn but an Increase
in Wheat.
Washington, Jan. 1.-THE estimates
of the area, product and value by the
states and territories of the cereal
crops, together with those of hay, po-
tatoes and tobacco, have been COM
pleted by the statistician of the agri-
cultural department. and are p:e.scrted
as follows: The corn crop of 1894 in
rate Of yield is one Of the lowest on
record. In the past thirteen :. ars the
yield per acre Of but one year, namely,
1881, was lower, the "ield for that
year having been 1876 against 1874 for
the year 1894. Severe drought and dry
winds in few Of the principal corn
producing states reduced the rea Lar
vested for grain value to 32,5S2,0OO
from the 100000 acres planted. The
product garnered is LIKELIHOOD BUSH
els, having an estimated farm value Of
$554,719,O00. The wheat crop is above
an average one in yield per acre. The
entire product for the country is AGO.
467,416 bushels, which is below the
average for the five years Of 1850 to
1894, inclusive. The farm value of the
crop is 1928, 902,025. The area, ac-
cording to revised estimates, IS "a $780,
1856 acres. In the cevision of acres
the principal changes have been made
In ten spring wheat states. The rate
Of yield is 1872 bushels per acre. The
average value per bushel is 1911 cents.
The estimates for oats are 1858, 900
acres, producing j62,096,02S bushels;
value, $214,S1G.920; yield Ger acre, 24.5
bushels. The rye area is 1914, $50
acres; product, &c, 727,b15 bushels;
value, S13,394,476.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
INTERESTING TO LUs1BER,IEN.
Case Argued Before the Minnesota
Supreme Court.


St. Paul. Jan. 13. - An interesting
case, affecting over 10000 lumbermen
directly, was argued before the su-
preme court, being an action testing
the constitutionality of the law known
as the log lien law, giving employees of
lumber companies u lien on the prop
erty for unpaid wages. The parties
are James f. Brown VS.. Joseph NJ.
Markham. George R. Robinson Of
Minneapolis appeared as attorney for
the appellant ard George H. Reynolds
of St. Cloud as attorney for the re-
spordent. After a lengthy argument
on both sides, especially by the re-
spondent's attorney, the case was
taken under Amusement. The appel
liant claimed that because the log lien
law does not provide for making the
general owner Of logs party to the
suit and because the law contains no
provisions whereby he might become
a party to the suit to foreclose the lien
that it is unconstitutional for the rea.
son that such owner is deprived OF
his property without due process Of
law.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
Deputy Marshal Williams ana nv SfaIII

Deputy Marshal WilHamS anu Q0Un
battled with outlaws In S.ANaxllSS
county, o. T., and killed two ~
Bob Moore and George East, both old
offenders.
At Macon, Mo-, Sheriff Darrah, Unit
ed States Marshal McCune, Nhd CITY
Marshal Scott were disarmed hatWO
robbers whom they attempted @ IN
rest.
The Cleveland police believe theY
have the men who murdered Wiliiam
Ell. Price, 8 prominent citizen, three
weeks ago, while burglarizin9 MI
house on Hawthorne avenue.
Robert Lucky a member Of the ~
nous Cook gang, was landed insSjail
at Fort Smith, Ark, today, ana is
now held on the charge Of murder.
A few days ago Lucky and his broth
er Bill killed deputy marshal.
William Walsh crossed the ,seasff0m
Ireland to avenge the ruin OF his
niece. He found her betrayer Patrick
McCabe, at a New Years celebrati6n
and shot and killed him before the
guests.
Henry G. Mowery and Charles Park
er, two real estate agents of Chicago,
were arrested on complaint of E..sT.
Paul, third real estate agent, who ac-
cuses them Of stealing $1,000 from
him. Il
Charles Kolher, head of the firm Of
Kolher & Frohling, leading wool and
and wine merchants of San Francisco,
committed suicide at the Hammam
baths early this morning by taking
morphine. He had been drinking
heavily. ss.ss \
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17

At the Harvard-Y Yale football match
a bakers dozen of pretty girls in lieu
of muffs Wore 'sure enough footballs,
from which the ends had been cut.
They were whaleboned and stuffed
inside, and made an exceedingly pref
ty show. Behind this female rush
line came cadaverous youth bearing
a pasteboard horn that for size and
capacity has probably never been
equaled.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
Thursady, Jan. 8.

The insurance men are kicking De-
cnuse so much blind pig evidence Is
stored in the Walsh county court
house. and the county authorities nave
ordered the sheriff remove 1T.
Thc elevators are considering the
hest means to supply farmers with
seed wheat next spring, many or
whom did not raise enough seed III
South Dakota and portions of this
state.
The First National Bank of Minot
hoe moved into it's n.w brick building,
erected since the fire, and President
Salyards, Vice President Arnold and
cashier Page are as happy as three IN
4 bed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
Unfortunate Events.

Six persons were injured by a natur-
al gas explosion at E]wood, Ind.
Three colored workmen We're killed
by an explosion of dynamite at the new
penitentiary at Nashville, Tenn.
James McGrath, ex-state senator
from st. Louis was killed by a fall.
His head struck on the edge of a step.
Lena Lehman and her two children
were suffocated in tenement house
fire in New York.
The 3-year-old daughter Of G. f..
Bailey, at NIillersville, ILL.,, fell in pan
of water and was scalded to death.
Three children who had been locked
in a house at Rome, Ga, We're burned
to death.
Lieut.. Col. Park died at Fort Omaha
from injuries received in runaway ac-
cident.
John Kitterman drank carbolic acid
by mistake for medicine near Prince
ton, Ill. He is in a critical condition.
Frederick Glover, riding his bicycle
on Long pond at Sac Harbor, L. L.,
went through the ice and was drowned.
At Telluride, Col, Nicholas Gerrons
and James Burne, miners, were killed
by falling $50 feet in the Union shaft.
Thomas Hicks and Fred FIurlburt,
each thirteen years old, were drowned
in the canal at Channahon, Ill.
The Delavan, Albany's famous hotel,
is burned, and an unknown number of
people perish.
At Rome, Ca, Dora Williams locked
her three children in her home and
went visiting. The result was that the
home and all the children were burned.
John A1cClintock, living near SYRIA
cuse, Ind, was dragged to death by a
runaway horse which he was riding to
water.
Gustav Hartman a young farmer
near Bloomington, ILL.,, was fatally
sho. by w. S. Shearer, who was care
lessly handling a rifle. 1t was dis
charged shooting Hartman in the alb
domen.
The tiremen's ball at Burke, Idaho,
was broken up by sad fatality. Mrs.
John Bresnahan had left her eleven
months-old daughter asleep in a chair
in the dressing-room. During her abb
sence, some lady whose name is not
given, sat on the child and killed it.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
WILL BE DIsINTERRED.
The Entire Body of Albert Stevens
MIST BE Examined.

The Entire Body of Albert Stevens
Must BE Examined.
Minneapolis, Jan. 13.-Coroner Kist-
Ter has decided to hold an inquest on
the body Of Albert Stevens, the old
man whose death has been the cause
Of some suspicion on the part of his
daughter. The body was buried yes
terday, the stomach being preserved
for analysis. This, however. does not
suit the coroner, who realizes that
there is likely to be some trouble over
the case, and insisted that the entire
body be on hand for the inquest. Ac-
cordingly the remains will be disin-
tered, so that there may be no ques-
ton as to the identity Of the parts to
be analyZed.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
Foreign Gossip.

The New Years honors bestowed by
Queen Victoria include no peerages.
Liu Kun vi, ex-viceroy of Nankin,
has succeeded Ii Hung Chang asscom.
mander Of the Chinese forces.
France is likely to follow the lead OF
Germany in placing restrictions on the
importation Of American food products.
John Gassiot Austin, wine and spirit
merchant, Of 90 Great Tower street,
London, has failed for over f1O0,OO0.
All Christian and other papers in
Turkey are compelled by the govern.
ment to print lying statement about
the Armenian massacres.
Japan will keep right on drubbing
China until her peace commissioners
propose basis for settlement and ask
for an armistice.
A socialist meeting in Berlin, pre-.
sided over by Herr Singer, accepted by
large majority the settlement Of the
beer boycott.
Fifteen thousand Armenians were
butchered by Turks and Kurds double
the number previously reported-and
thirty five villages were plunde Tered and
burned.
Turkey is warned that Mr.. Glad.
stone, in his justly wrathful dennncia.
ton of the Armenian butcheries, is
backed by the unanimous public opin
ion of Great Britain.
Both houses Of the Newfoundland
legislature held stormy sessions. The
bill to guarantee commercial bank
notes was passed in the upper house
by the chairman,s vote.
The pope has openly shown his
pleasure at the Cars action in send
ing &C, MT Lobanoff- Rostovski, Russian
ambassador at Vienna, to announce
his accession to the throne of Russia
His holiness looks upon the act as
bearing fresh testimony to the cordial
relations existing between the Yati-
can and st. Petersburg.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17

Prof. Schiaparelli, the italian astron-
omer who discovered what are called
the double canals of Mars, is convinced
by further observation that the mark
ings are really canals. Their color is
dark, like that Of the seas, and all ter
inmate in estuaries and bays. Their
size is decidedly the greatest when the
snow melts, and the yellow masses of
land then grow smaller and are broken
up into islands. Astronomer Lowell, at
the Arizona station, has lately reported
phenomena on Mars corresponding to
those of a spring freshet.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
Personal Mention,

Christina Georgiana Rosetti, the poet
ess who wrote "The Goblin Market"
died in London.
The widow of Charles Albert Fech-
ter, the celebrated French actor, is
lead.
Thomas w. Keene, the tragedian, has
lost his voice, owing to very severe
cold.
Miss Gertrude Vanderbilt, the eldest
daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Cornelius
Vanderbilt, has made lie: society Gebut.
Miss Susie Fennimore Cooper, daugh-
ter of James Fennimore Cooper, died OF
apoplexy at Cooperstown, N. Y, in her
eighty-second year.
Mrs. louise Caldwell, aged seventy
one, and immensely wealthy, was mar
ried at New York to Cornelius b.
Marco, aged twenty-one.
John Schneider Of Greentown Ind,
died Saturday. Within an hour after
the funeral his wife died at her pa,
rents home in Kokomo.
The Rev. Thomas A. Hughes priest
at the st. Louis university, has been
summoned to Rome to work in the
Vatican library.
Walt H. Butler, the ex-congressman
who disappeared from Oelwein, Iowa,
several weeks ago and was found in
Indianapolis, declares he has no recol-
lection of how he reached the latter
city.
Enoch Overman Of Union township,
Ind, was adjudged insane ten years
ago. but his mind was not so unbal-
ancad as to lead him to sell his land.
he was released a few days ago and
took possession of the property, which
is now worth $4,000.
Marquise Mathilde de Greville, wild
ow of Gen. de Greville, who, as mem
Der ofAIaximilian's staff was killed in
Mexico in the Franco-Mexican war,
died in abject poverty in her comfort
less apartments in New York. The
mother of the deceased woman was a
direct descendant Of Louis vi.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17

A singular reason for deciding to
end his life was given by Charles Jen-
kins, whose body was found in the
Hunter River, in New South Wales.
In al etter to friend, he stated that
he had a fixed opinion that a man
over IS had no right to compete in the
labor market with younger men and
so he had determined to quit life. He
asked that the verdict should not be
temporary insanity. The jury return
ed a verdict of "Found drowned"
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
Three Men Killed.

Toledo, Ohio, Jan 12.-Three oil men
were instantly killed on the Prisser
farm. three miles west of Wapakoneta,
to-day. Frank Logan, John Pettigrew
and w. ]. McNally endeavored to
thaw out one hundred quarts of frozen
nitro-glyceriDe with hot water, when
1t exploded, tearing them all into frag-
ments, together with team of horses.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17

Labouchere says members Of the
house Of lords are fit only to be lorna
mental excrescences Of parliament, y
and has also denounced the lords in a
speech for having murdered or emas-
culated many excellent measures"
The official report says land instead OF
'sor," but Of course Labby was mis-
reported.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17

Anarchist Mowbray told a Philadel-
phia audience that the American flag
was only fit to wipe ones nose with.
And the Philadelphia officers immedi-
ately demonstrated that Mowbray was
good material to wipe the ca rth with.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17

Half dozen churches in New York
bear upon their spires or weather
vanes the figures of cock, though
doubtless without any intent upon the
part of the builders to preserve an
ancient superstition. AS an inn sign
the cock goes back to days before the
Christian era, but the bird became in
vested with a sort of sacredness
among Christians after he had an
nounced the apostacy of Peter. One
legend has it that Christ was born at
cock crow and the bird was invested
in the middle ages with a supersti-
tious halo Of sacredness.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17

The town of Sumner, Kan, which
once had a population of 1000 people,
has been depopulated, and the site is
now prosperous farm. About half the
towns in Kansas might follow the ex-
ample of Sumner to good advantage.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
The Tramp Nuisance.

Ashland, Wis, Jan. 12.-Tramps OH
their way East are making themselves
such nuisance in Ashland that Mu-
nicipal Judge Foster has asked the
county board to devise some method
for Getting rid Of thea.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
Wisconsin Village burned

Lake Geneva. Wis, Jan. 49, - The
greater part of the village of Geneva
junction was destroyed by fire. The
loss is about $4,000; insurance small,
The cause Of the fire is supposed to
be defective chimney.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
Living Pictures Denounced.

Denver, Jan. 13.-Arappahoe county
w. G. T. U. has adopted resolutions
denouncing the exhibition Of Giving
pictures now being given in this city,
and committee has been appointed
to ask the city council to suppress
such spectacles.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
In Themselves.

Brittsher home from abroad)-We
didn find the Americans interested in
the things we expected.
Britisher never abroad-Didn't they
notice YOU at all?
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17

The only civilized foreign countries
now outside the Universal Postal
Union are China, Morocco. the Orange
Free State, and the. Islands of Ascen-
sion, st. Helena and Pitcairn. To all
the others Scent stamp will carry a
letter Of proper weight.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17

At a recent congress in India, where
nine languages were spoken by dele
gates, the discussions We're carried on
In English. A sensible proposition has
been brought forward lately to make
English the missionary language of the
world.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
LANGDoN. NORTH DAKOTA

A new commander has been appoint
ed for the Chinese army; and if he
knows his business, he will proceed to
negotiate a treaty Of peace as soon as
possible.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
Relief of Indians.

Washington, Jan. 13.-The secretary
of the treasury has submitted to con.
gress request for an appropriation
of S25.OOO for the immediate relief Of
the Navahoe Indians Of New Mexico.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
Dairymen Organize.

Huron, s. D., Jan. IA meeting
will be held here on Jan. % to organ
lie dairymen's association.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
NOKrH DAKOTA NEWS
,xr,,prsT,NG NEWS FROM ALI
PARTS OF THE STATE

Condemned Record Of the lmpor'
TINT Happenings of the Week -
worth Dakota, Arranged for N"p's
Reading.
Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1895-01-17
AROUND THE GLOBE
DIGEST OF THE NEWS FROM ALL
PARTS OF THE WORLD.

All Important Occurrences of the
Past Week, Boiled Down and ARE
anEed for Rapid Reading, From
Home and Abroad.
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-11-01
-. sa.Ltf ~ Exc
WHAT IVES THINKS.

Northern Pacific Interests Have Evil
."-' @1 IDENTIFY Gotten Together. s1~,-'
New YORK, Got. 2S.-President Bray
ton Ives of the Northern Pacific rail-
road, in an interview said to represen-
tative Of the Associated Press:
1T is a gratifying fact that all an
tagonism between the hitherto con-
f1icting interests in the Northern Pa
ciic property has come to an end and
the representatives of all classes Of Sc
cu-ities are in harmony. 1t is
the general aim, for the first
time since the road Went into
the hands Of receivers, ito, secure
the best and most economical manages
ment Of the property. The situation is
that now, in accordance with the rec
concentration of Judge Lacombe, efforts
will be made to bring about q confer
ence Of the present receivers, CT Of their
representatives, with the object Of
securing the appointment Of say four
receivers for the whole system. at
present there is not single receiver
for the whole property. Representa-
tives Of all Of the various interest will
be sent to the West to work in order to
bring about this object. Of the re-
ceivers sought to be appointed, I am as
sured that Messrs. Galloway and Bur-
leigh will be named. These gentlemen
have been unanimously approved by all
Of the various representative interests.
They will not represent any special fac
ton, but the whole Of the security
ho11ors ~ s. ss. r.. 49, 5 49, a...,. .s d.,
Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-11-01
"Reliable" I Information Says Is
VIII Come or During the
" Present Week.
Fltz ,Teiearaphs for Training
Quarters and Is Anxious
for a Fight. n.
Governor Clarke Hears the
Rumors and Declares It
Cannot Be. :.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct. 28.-Con:-
stable Davis Of Hot Springs was in the
city during: the day and gave out in
formation which leads those who talked
to him to believe that Corbett and
Fitzsimmons win fight in private not
far from Hot Springs one day about the
latter part Of this week. Such an air Of
mystery surrounds the whole proceed
ings that it is very hard to get any
thoroughly reliable information on the
subject, but that preparations are being
made in q quiet way for q fight no one
doubts. Many Hot Springs people be-
lieve that the fight will occur at Whit
tington Park, 4a ~ r&&ss@ , ..~.,a g u
:, The Site Originally Selected, 60
and the battle will occur on the date
agreed upon They argue that the de-
cision Of the supreme court affirming
the prize fight law leaves the matter ex-
actly where it stood before Corbett was
arrested, and that it was virtually q
victory for the fighters. The fact that
the Hot Springs Athletic club has en-
gagged q circus tent, seems to indicate
however, that some private spot has
been selected. A close friend of Gov
ernor, Clark has been shown letters
from Hot Springs which tend to con-
firm the belief that a fight will occur.
One of these letters is said to have come
from Attorney Martin and stated that
preparations were being made for a
private fight. ..-i