Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-02-18
very obnoxious to the insurgents on az.
count Of his many acts of brutality.
Miscellaneous.

The cruiser Philadelphia. which
went down the Southern coast as fur
as Callao about three months ago OH
a cruise, Is on her way back.
Mrs. Leland Stanford has decided to
close up the estate Of her deceased
husband. First she will dispose of
the lands and aftcrward personal prop
erty.
Herman Oerlichs, the we'll known So
ciety and club man and steamboat
owner, was sworn in ut New York city
as foreman Of the February grand
jury before Judge Cowing in part I of
general sessions.
At a meeting at Lincoln. Ncb.. of
the state relief commission it was
found that there are now loaded for
shipment five cars Of corn ut Hastings,
one at Aurora and one ut Wilcox In
tended for the relief of the poor in
Chicago.
Woodson. agent Of the Cheyenne and
Arapahoe Indians, has received let
ter from Gen. Porter asking for Il
number of Cheyenne and Arapahoe
Indians to march in the inaugural pa
rade at Washington March 4. A band
Of fifty reds will be sent to the capital
as requested.
Gen. X. A. .Alger of Michigan has
purchased of ex-United States Senator
Warner Miller and others the controll-
ing interest in the Lauremtide COM
pany of Gardiner, p. O.. Can. The
company's plant includes Il number Of
big pulp mills and thousands Of acres
of timber land.
w. NJ. Chandler, ]. S. Lathers and
F. X. Carmody We're selected as Mich.
igan university's debaters to meet
Chicagos representatives i'll the Audi
forum April 16. Chandler is a senior
law student from Texas. and Lathers
and Carmody are both senior literary
students from Michigan.
\ twelve-ycar-old gray Mexican par
rot whipped large Yorkshire terrier
in pitched battle for $500 Il side at
Hawthorne, n. ]. The victorious bird
was unframed, but the grip of it's
beak upon the dogs snout was so pow
erful that the handlers had to pry it
open by force in order to release the
dog.
The county Jail at Dayton was placed
under quarantine by Health Officer
Iddings. A prisoner named George
Stimmel has severe case of varioloid.
He was sentenced to the Ohio reform
atory last week for burglary and lar
ceny, and would have been taken to
Mansfield tomorrow. He was ordered
to quarantine instead.
The Butte and Boston Mining COM
pany's property, consisting of fifty
three mining claims, and everything
belonging to the company was sold by
the receiver at Boston to E. Rollins
Morse, chairman Of the Butte and
Boston reorganization committee. for
$2.55O,OOO. The bid was $4,000, the
difference being represented by in
cumbrances on the property.
Truman P. Lawrence against the
Pullman Palace Car company, q case
of unusual interest, was decided at
Port Gibson. Miss, the jury awarding
Lawrence $4, 900 damages. afterward
reducing it, by order Of the court, to
$4,000. Both will appeal. Lawrence
claims to have been severely beaten
by a porter in the employ of the com.
pany on train in Illinois.
The new Hamburg American line
steamship Pennsylvania, said to be
the largest freight-carrying steamship
in the world, left Belfast on her trial
trip to New York. The Pennsylvania
is 56S feet long, has 62 feet beam, is
AZ feet deep, is Of 10000 tons displace-
ment and her dead weight carrying
capacity is nearly $4,000 tons. She
has accommodation for over 200 cabin
passengers and for 1900 steerage pas
sengers.