The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-07-17
General.


A. G. Blair, minister of railways and
canals of Canada, has refused to n
ton the opening of the canals TO traflc
on Sundays.
G. D. Wilson, who has been a resi-
dent of Tomah for the last thirty
years, dropped dead in the garden
while hoeing corn.
Mark Twain has finished his new
book, 'The Surviving Innocent
Abroad" and will start for the con-
tinent for a vacation.
The eighth annual convention of the
central conference of American rabbls
was opened in Montreal at Temple
Emanuel.
: The Mark Skinner library at Man
chester, VT, q gift of Mrs. H. r. Will
ing of Chicago, was dedicated with en-
ercises of a fitting character.
The formal transfer of the property
of the Monongahela Navigation COM
pany to the United States government
has been made and the river Ia now
free to the. commerce of the nation.
After a lingering illness of several
D, Laughlin of Chicago is dead from
q complication of liver and stomach
troubles.
Mrs. Prairie Chicken, of the Winnie
bago reservation in Iowa, belabored
the leader of her tribe with a C
yoke because he tried to pluck her In q
business transaction.
The Bigelow Carpet works Of Clin-
ton, Mass, which employed 800 hands,
has closed down for four weeks. The
firm states that it is overstocked, with
a dull market. The mill will probably
resume work Aug. 1 or regular time.
Tie total assessed valuation of taxa
BILE property in New York city for "
is $62, 15O,91O in excess Of the total last
year. The valuation in 1896 was ST.
LOG, 49,, 9O5. The valuation this year Is
So, 16S, 645,S
Clarence G. Baldwin, known in base
ball circles as kid Baldwin, was
committed to Longview insane asylum
by Judge Ferris, of the probate court,
of Cincinnati. Baldwin was catcher
for the Cincinnati club from 1890 to
1891.
Notices were posted in the Everett Il
Pemberton cotton mill at Lawrence,
Mass, informing the employees thai OPP
erations would be suspended until
Monday, July II. No reason is given
for the shutdown. About 1000 opera
tors will be affected.
The mid-road Populist conference
adjourned at Nashville, Tenn, after
appointing the following executive
committee: A. A. Gunley, Louisiana;
Colorado Peak. Georgia; Ignatius
Donnelly, Minnesota; Abe Steiner
berger, Kansas, and L. G. Bateman,
Maine.
The vote to bond the town of Bay
field, Wis.,, for $500 to aid the Bay
field Harbor & Great Western rail.
way was almost unanimous, there be-
ing but four adverse votes. To earn
the bonds there must be six miles COM
pleted by December and twelve miles
by July. Work has already begun.
Bishop Hennessy Of Wichita. Kan,
and a large number Of Western Gath
olics sailed for Europe on the Red
Star steamer Western Land. They
will have an audience with the pope
and will reach the sanctuary Of
Lourdes about Aug Is, returning In
September. This Is the fourth annual
American pilgrimage to Rome and
Lourdes.
A number Of prominent Irishmen Of
San Francisco have decided to form
an organization to be called the Cen
tennial and Monument association,
the aims Of which will be to enable its
members and other 1rishmen in San
Francisco and on the Pacific coast to
aid the celebration to be held In Ire
land next year In honor Of the patriots
and the cause OF 1893. !.