Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-12-09

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the druggists cat ran off with the
frog, but her master found it later, ant
presented it to the. Nantes museum
The fish yender thereupon sued the
druggist for filching the frog, and re
eeiyed l0S francs damages.
81. 49, 0therwIsc.
Yale selected the New London course
for the next race9with Harvard.
ltssFake'claims efer:Sa 200, 900 have beer
made against the Utes. 4E.s,<''>
The E. j. Lumbeli bicycle factory, a,
Marietta Ohio;;swas burned to the
ground. The loss is $4,000; insurance
$4,000. '9,''',
Tommy Ryan and Billy Stiff. who
fought. in Chicago. have, been matched
to fight in Buffalo, n. Y, within a
short time. 81 &,
In his message to the general as
sembly of Virginia. Gov. O'Ferrall dis
cusses the lynching question and pro-
poses legislation to correct, the evil.
"a bill has been introduced in the
Virgins state legislature to abolish
foot ball where an admission is to he
charged.
The Cornell ATHLETIC council has en-
gagged S. &. A. Connors. of the Chicago
Athletic club as general athletic train
CT.
The State Piedmont bank ut Nor
ganiown. N. c., closed its doors owing
to inability to make collections. The
assets cover the liabilities.
Fire destroyed the Home for the
Aged and I'itirm Colored: Women at
Chicago. Several of the almost help
less inmates were nearly suffocated by
smoke.
The directors of the United States
Rubber company have declared a semi
annual dividend of per cent on the
preferred stock of the company, pay
able jan. 16, 1898.
The entire stock and the good will
of the E. G. Meacham Arms company
at st. Louis was sold to the Simmons
Hardware company, but the terms Of
the sale We're not made public.
President Van Horne, of the Can
adam Pacific railway, states that the
company has decided to build road
Of their own to Rossland, B. c., push
ing the work as rapidly as possible.
The Georgia legislature has just
killed bill by Mr.. Calvin which pro-
vided for granting free license to Yam
kee soldiers who might now be liv-
ing in the state.
The Detroit chamber of commerce
building viii be sold next Wednesday
under the hammer in default of pay
ment of first mortgage Of $4,000
held nv the New York Life
Tom Tracy and Joe Walcott. the col
ored boxer. We're matched to box
twelve rounds in Chicago on the night
of Dec. IL. The men are to weigh 40
pounds at in the afternoon.
The barge No. 1872 has taken the
last ore cargo from Ashland, Wis, for
the season. A short time later she
went aground off Chequamegon Point
and tugs were sent to release her.
A charter was granted at Richmond,
Va, for the Southern Sugar Refining
company. The capital of the company
is to be $1,00O,0OO. The company will
engage in the manufacture of beet
sugar.
The Wheeling w. Va, Register
prints q telegram from it's Charleston
correspondent detailing a scheme by
which the Vanderbilt interests propose
to secure control of the soft coal MAJ.
kets, both East and West.
A verdict of 5000 was granted to
William Kennedy against the Amer
lean Steel Barge company at West Su-
perior for injuries sustained from
falling scaffold. Kennedy sued for
$4,000.
The Kansas City, Pittsburg & Gulf
railway reorganized and formally IS.
sumed the management Of the OMAHA,
Kansas City & Eastern railway, it's
new Northern connecting line, by the
election of officers.
Mrs. Michael BraZell, wife of
prominent farmer residing near Che
basne, ILL.,, became totally blind and
two oculists in Chicago and Kanka-
kee declared her case was hopeless.
She was devout Catholic and at
special service her sight was restored.
The number of unemployed garment
workers in New York continues TO in
crease, and there are many applicants
for relief and work. 1t is expected
that before the new year twelve or
fifteen thousand garment workers will
be idle.
Sewer Inspector Broadhurst of Du-
buque is charged with stuffing his pay
roll for October. A man for whose
warrant he presented an order says he
never worked for the city and never
gave the order. Mayor Duffy will
present the matter to the council.
At the National Sporting club, Lon
don, Spike" Sullivan, the American
boxer, defeated Jimmy Curran, the
Englishman, on points in a twenty
round go. Later in the evening Ben
Jordan, the feather-weight of England,
defeated Tommy White of Chicago in
protracted fight of nineteen rounds.
At the Birmingham Athletic club
Arthur Akers of Birmingham, Eng,
met Paddy Purtell of Kansas City for
purse of ESQ in a twenty-round 20.
The fight was soon over, Purtell being
completely outclassed and, Akers win
ming in ninety seconds.
q, Mrs: Theresa CardonZa, : a iwell
known resident Of San Francisco, who
died last week, was buried in, the Ital-
ian cemetery She weighed over coo
pounds, and the ,undert9kers1 had, to
break down the stairs Of her fate
residence in order to lower the body to
the hall.