Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-08-12
General.

General.
The dominion cabinet decided not to
attempt to enforce the alien law in
the Klondyke region.
August McKinnon Of Metropolitan,
Mich, has filed suit against the North
western Railroad company for 10000
damages for personal injuries.
4 prominent distiller of Kansas City
named Mccormick is in correspond
ence With local capitalists at Ottumwa,
Iowa. endeavoring to put in a distillery
at that place.
The battleship Indiana will be sent
to Halifax to be locked and cleaned
This is necessary on account of the
bad condition Of the dry docks at
Port Royal, S. G.
The sparring match between Kid
Mccoy and Tommy Ryan will take
place at the Empire Athletic club in
Syracuse, n. Y, Sept. 8 for purse of
$1,000.
The Algonquin Wooden Mills Com
pany of Passaic, n. j., has given notice
that on Aug. / wages in their large
mills will be increased from 10 to Is
per cent.
Two thousand three hundred gar
ment workers went on a strike at New
York. One hundred and twenty five
shops in that city and Brooklyn are
affected.
The Avery Plow factory of Louis
vile. Ky, has resumed operations af-
ter Il three years shutdown, giving
employment to 1000 men. One thou
sand additional men will be given en-
ployment gradually in the future.
The board of railroad commissioners
has granted authority to the Boston
Elevated Railroad company to issue
$1O,OOO,OOO of stock. The motive pow
err of the road is to be electricity.
jeff Powers and Jack Perew spared
for points at Lavack's gymnasium ut
Cleveland, Ohio. Powers won in seven
rounds. The match was to have been
between Lavack and Powers, but the
former was unable to spar because Of
a sore hand.
The reply Of the German govern
ment to the demand of the Agrarians
for decree temporarily excluding
foreign grain has been received with
considered too graciously worded.
A letter from Capt. Lehman, of the
Dutch steamer Dordreicht, says that
he saw a curious object floating in the
White sea on July II, which was nei
Their ship nor dead whale, but re-
sembled balloon.
Mayor Sylvester Pennoyer of Port
land is credited in Oregon with an in
tense desire to be governor Of the state
once more, his plan being to mass all
the free silver Republicans and Demo-
Gratis in his interest. The election is
year off.
The general store of Aid. N. c. Gal
lagher Of Escanaba, Mich, was taken
possession of by the sheriff on claim
Of 5000 held by the Dousman Milling
company of Depere, Wis. Mr. Gala
CHER is perfectly solvent, but disputes
the claim, asserting there is q discrep-
ancy in the account.
A rich strike has been found in the
Golconda, in Montana. one of the
group Of mines belonging to the Alps
Mining company. A vein of eighteen
to twenty feet of free milling ore that
will average 5000 has been found by
125~ feet from the surface.
The board Of fire and police commits
sioners Of Omaha met and adopted a
resolution calling on Chief Sigwart, Of
the police department, to resign. This
is the elimination of an agitation that
has been going Oh since the Populist
legislature changed the law restoring
to the governor the power to appoint
the Omaha police commissioners.
Tuolumne county, CAL, is excited
over rich pocket strike made recently
in the Tansey. mine, between Sonora
and jamestown. Colby & Beckwith,
who are working the mine under lease,
uncovered the pocket at night, and
before noon the next day they took
out $4,000. In the afternoon the yield
was $4,000. The lessees are now
working another lead which they think
will run into second pocket.
There is not mine in the country
which can show such extreme varia-
lions in the price at which it is held
as the Diamond mine near Helena,
Mont. It was sold last year to
Scotch syndicate for $1,8OO,OOO. Fiji
teen years ago Richard Jockey of Hell
ena bought the mine for 80 cents. Mr..
Jockey did not make the difference
between these two sums. The proper
ty which he bought for 90 cents he
sold for $4,000 and thought he was
making a good bargain.
Talking Measure.
Soxey-L see they are fitting up a
giant photograph to warn vessels Off
the coast, and it will be ten horse
power.
Knoxey-No, you mean ten woman
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