The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1897-08-14

Of Herman is in session at Marquette,
Mich, with delegates from nearly all
Of the sixteen lodges composing the or
%ganization.
State Auditor Mccarthy has just is
sued his semi-annual statement Of the
condition of the Iowa state and saw
ings banks. 1t shows a slight improve
ment in conditions.
The first importation of Mexican cat
tie under the Dingley xarif law, On
head of steers, the property of E.. /.
Newman, brought n duty of S1.2N6 over
the duties fixed by the Wilson bill.
Three hundred members OF the Sew
enth regime 1t, I. N. G., at Springfield,
ILL.,, had trouble with citizens about
some kegs of beer. One citizen had q
bayOnet run into his eye.
Everett Ruggles has just discovered
that the lady whom he recently. we'd
ded is an heiress. She will receive one
seventh Of a New York estate valued
at about $4,000.
Judge Sanborn arrived in Denver
and caused the decree Of sale Of the.
Union Pacific railroad ordered by the
United States court to be duly re-
corded in that district.
The grand jury at Leadville, Colo,
has brought in two Indictments against
Judge Owens for failing to enforce the
laws against gambling and Sunday
opening. The sheriff is in the same
boat.
On the state railways in Germany
the carriages are painted according to
the colors Of the tickets of their re.
spective classes. First class carriages
are painted yellow, second class green,
end third class white.
A part Of the new soldiers monu-
ment at Stamford, Conn, is a relic
that will be greatly treasured by that
town. 1t is one of the guns with which
the Kearsarge sent the Confederate
cruiser Alabama to the bottom.
Paris and Marseilles are now con-
nccteG by telegraph lines entirely un-
d%ecground. They are placed in iron.
pipes and buried four feet beneath the
surface, with manholes 5000 feet apart
and cost $7,000 600 to bury the wires.
The Golden Rod Silk company Of
Paterson, N. j., has given notice Of it's
failure and a receiver has been ap-
pointed. Liabilities, 5000 600: assets,
about $4,000. The failure is due to a
strike.
The first summer school of instruc-
ton ever held in Dubuque is open. 1t
is a private enterprise gotten up by
Dubuque educators at IN expense of
$1,000. 1t will last all the month.
Many eminent teachers are present.
Owing to new regulations in connec-
ton with taxes, o number Of manufac-
turers and storekeepers in Madrid have
closed their premises and attempted to
create disturbances. They were Sup
pressed"
A statue of tho late Vice President
Schuyler Colfax is to be erected in
South Bend, Ind, his home and where
his family now lives. The decision
was reached at q meeting of the Com
mercial club, the leading business Or
%ganization Of the city.
Two faded, decrepid but still intact
loan certificates for s and SO cents
respectively, issued by the city Of Phil
adelphia in 1880 as parts of the $780,
600 loan, bearing interest at 1 per cent
per annum, were presented at the city
treasurer's Office there Monday for pay
ment.
A statue Of a Gallo god has been
found in an old well in France, which
is believed to have been filed up at
the time Of the invasion of the bar
barians. The image has the collar Of
the Gauls around its neck and is two
feet high, squatting like a Hindoo
Buddha.
Land Commissioner Hermann has
sent back to the Marquette land office
the contest between the Michigan
Land and Iron company and the set
tiers. This will cause an open court
contest fer $4,000 acres Of land and
may jeopaldie the title to nearly ten
times that much.
The Egyptian intelligence depart
ment has received word of heavy tri-
bal fighting up the Nile between the
dervishes and the Jaalons. The derv-
ishes, under n Of the generals of the
khalifa, defeated the Jaal0ns in q
pitched battle and occupied Metemnsh.
The Jaalons lost 1000 killed.
Albert and Clara Franks of Toledo
were found in a Lake Shore stock a
at Butler, Ind, by q conductor, beating
their way to Klondyke. The woman
had on mems clothing and was good
looking. They had a large sum Of
money, but were beating their way to
save it to buy their outfit for the gold
fields, which they expected to reach
early in the spring.
At the request of Judge Owens at
Leadville, Colo, the district attorney
nolled twenty-seven indictments re-
turned by the grand jury against the
city and county officers for failure to
enforce the laws. The judge refused
to have the two indictments against
himself nolled, but this will be done
when another judge is sitting.
A recently patented swinging. sofa
is designed to take the place of a ham
mock, and is fitted with spring steel
arms attached to it's base at each end,
and projecting upward to hold thu. ends
of the ste apps which support the hang
ing soft, a cord being attached to one
end to rock the lounge when O person
is lying down.
The Osborn chateau, one of the finest
architectural triumphs of the century,
will be opened o o as a Home for
Aged and Friendless Women. 1t was
built by Charles Osborn, the New York
banker, and after his death was occu-
pied by his son, Charles, who was wild
est known because of his elopement
with Fay .Templeton. His conduct
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