Courier Democrat. (Langdon, N.D.) 1891-1920, 1897-11-25
General.

Coal Is vory scarce at Aspen, Colo,
and a famine is feared.
At Chicago horseless wagons are be-
ing built for the American Express
company and a large ice concern.
Cattle near Eldora, Iowa are dying
fron eating cornstalks on which poison
) Gus smut had gathered.
The United States supreme court has
taken a recess until Monday, the 25th
inst.
The Bank Of Bombay has reduced
Its rate Of discount from per cent to
, B per cent.
Gamblers claim the New Jersey
amendment against gambling was de-
feated and ask a recount of votes.
aldermen refused to have anything to
, do with the measure. It is likely that
many of them have been there before.
Three Indian banks located at Leav-
enworth, MareEgo and English, have
closed their doors. Their deposits ag-
grgate $160,COO..
]. Morgan has been appointed re-
ceiver Of the Walnut State bank, at
Walnut, Kan, upon application Of the
attorney general.
Richard Croker returned to New
York from weeks stay at Hot
Springs. Va, yesterday. He was much
improved in health.
Chief Justice Street of Arizona has
set next Monday as the time for the
appointment of a receiver for the Ari-
IONA Improvement company.
S. Lapowski & Bros, general mer-
chants of San Angelo, Tex, have
filed deed of trust, naming preferred
; creditors to the amount of $150,000.
A Chicago alderman made an effort
to introduce resolution to abolish foot
ball in that city, but it was jeered at
! and hooted down. The rest Of the
Col. John Bradbury. the Los Angeles
millionaire, was for five days at sea in
an open launch and entirely without
. food. He started on a short journey
and storm carried him out to sea.
The fight between Jim Casey of De-
troit and Jack Beatty of Saginaw at
the Park rink, at Saginaw, Mich, was
stopped by the police in the eighth
round when Beatty was almost out.
The Harrison Telephone Company of
Toledo, Ohio, is in the hands of re-
ceiver. The company defaulted in
the payment Of the interest on it's
bonds over year ago.
D. B. Sweetzer, a capitalist of Mari
on, Ind, has assigned for the benefit
of creditors. The assets are about
5000, but no statement of liabilities
has been given.
p. H. Brauen, Democratic candidate
for county treasurer of Plymouth
county, Iowa, contests the election of
A. J. Stang, Republican, who received
81 majority on the face of the returns
The Canadian Wheelmen's associa-
ton has decided to ask the co-opera-
ton of the League of American Wheel
men in securing the worlds amateur
meet for Canada in 1899.
V. D. David, a converted Hindoo
| who has preached in nearly every
country Of the world, now threatens
to descend on Chicago. He sometimes
breaches eighteen hours at stretch.
The committee Of the Amateur Ath-
letic Union of New York, which in.
vestigated the charge of professional
ism brought against B. ]. Wefers, the
Splinter, has rendered a verdict of
| mot proven"
Commercial Agent Moore, at Wei
nler, gives an abstract of recent lee
ture by Prof. Won Leiden on the treat
ment of consumption. The professor
| advocates the establishment of state
| sanitariums.
Twelve natives of Lapl3nd reached
Chicago from Alaska. They have been
three years in that region engaged in
introducing the use Of the reindeer to
the natives. They were sent to Alaska
by the United States government as
members of a colony.
! Over one hundred horses have died
within the borders Of Bates county,
Mo. The death of the animals is due,
it is thought, to the dry, dusty fodder
and wormy corn, as all the horses that
died were being pastured in stalk fields.
The Northern Trust company is fore
closing 100000 mortgage on the City
Improvement company's property at
West Superior, Wis, the property in
volevd being the Broadway hotel
building, Shattuck & Hislop livery
and other improved property.
Syrup mixers Of Chicago and other
cities between the Allegheny and Mis-
souri, river met at the Great North
ern hotel in Chicago and organized the
Western Syrup Refiners' association,
and to devise ways and means of pro-
tecting their business from utter de-
moralization.
The exports of domestic merchan-
disc during October last amounted to
$1O9,583,S42, loss of nearly $780,
600. as compared with October, 1896.
The imports Of merchandise during
October is shown to have been $49,-
963,S13, of which 1924 1884 1888 was free
of duty.
The grand jury Of White Plains N.
Y, threw out the case of Howard J..
Patterson. ccaclman. against Robert
FitZsimmons. the Hugilist, his employer.
Patterson had lod FitZsimmons for
$1,000 damages for assault.