The Irish standard., 1895-01-26

SIS PER YEAR
Gertsmann, Morgan. A class Of So COM
pleted the practical and theoretical ex-
animation required by the board.
| A mystery Of several years. standing
was cleared up Monday at Duluth by
advices which Chief of Police Armstrong
received. from the police of British Co.
lumbia. Several years ago Peter Ballin-
ger, Michigan miner residing near
Houghton, was charged with having
done away with his step son, l0-year-old
Arthur Bellinger. The boys mother
had died, and Bellinger and the lad left
the small mining camp in which they
lived, and were absent for several months.
Peter Bellinger came back alone, aid
when his acquaintance began to inquire
about the whereabouts Of the boy, he
put them off with equivocal answers
The police at last took hand in the af-
fair, and Bsllingsr was arrested. He
said that he had gone to Duluth with
the boy, and from there to Canada, where
Arthur had been left with relatives.
These relatives, Bellinger said, were about
to move to place in Manitoba, and he
disavowed knowledge of their where
abouts. The mystery has at last been
cleared up, and it was learned that Bsllin-
ger sold the boy to Toutanose, the second
chief of the Dygekelesat tribe of Kyu-
quot Indians. The boy was found in the
tribe of Indians in North British Colum-
bia by the Canadian mounted police, a
number OF trappers having seen the boy
and heard something Of his story. The
police found that Bellinger had sold the
boy to the chief for $50: At first he had
demanded 800, but the chief could not
raise that amount and Bellinger finally
took off $10of the. purchase pr1ce The
boy was practically sold into slavery, al
though he claimed, when rescued by the
police, that he had not been treated
cruelty. The Indians expressed surprise
at the threat Of having them arrested, as
they said it was customary with them to
buy boys and girls of other tribes. Bel
linger has been arrested and will be
tried next week. He stcutly denies the
story told by the Indians, but the evi.
dence against him is conclusive.
;h WrscONs1N.
Fifteen complaints have been filed in
the local United States land Office at
Eau Claire, for predications ngovern-
ment lands, and against parties charged
with irregular homestead entries. This
is the result of Investigations during the
past few weeks by A. r. johnson, special
agent Of thesinterior department.
| - NORTH DAKOTA. ..
The Bismark board OF University and
school lands has ordered all school land
contracts where the parties are in de-
fault for 1894 Cancelled and the lands ad-
vertised for lease, with other cultivated
school lands. Twenty per cent has been
paid on tho purchase price in all in
stances and the advance interest for one
year. Some of the lands are worth $50
per acre. Those holding the contracts,
however, nave the privilege OF redeem
ing at any time before the resale of the
land is made. There are II cases of de-
fault in Cass county, and some of the
strong men financially in the state are in
the list at Cass, Pembina and Grand
Forks counties, preterring, doubtless, to
pay per cent interest rather than dis
pose of wheat or wool at present prices.
l. SOUTH DAKOTA.
The wonderful record of the Holy Ter
Tor mine as a gold pr ,ducer bids fair to
be surpassed by the rich strike just made
on the Lackawana lode, adjoining the
Decorah, situated on Green mountain,
Lawrence county, says q special from
Chamberlain. Rumors Of rich strike
in this mine have been in circulation
several days, but the rumors are now
verified and the richness of the strike is
almost beyond belief. The present own
ers Of the Lackawana mine, James Col
Inns and Curly O'Leary have been work
ing the property since 1885, developing
it and extracting fair grade of salicious
ore, of which they have now nearly 1900
tons on the dump. Last september the
annual assessment work was commenced
at point 200 feet lower down the noun
tain and the same distance below any
workings. An open cut and tunnel was
started and driven in 80 feet, the last few
feet being in ore. On the first Of the
present month the owners visited the
claim to see if everything was all right.
A small piece Of rock was taken from
the face Of the tunnel and afterwards ex-