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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-29
EDUCATIONAL.
Teachers lnstitutc for Turner County-
Synopsis of Proceedings.
SWAN LAKE, TURNER Co, J
Dakota, Sept. eth, 1877, /
THuRspAY AprERNooN.

Dakota, Sept. 9th, 1877. !
THuRsDAY AFTERNOON.
This afternoon Supt. Cation having othe
engagements was obliged to leave and Mr.
Mclntire, of Finlay, kindly con.ented I,
take his place as leader of the institute
The first exercise was an interesting dis
course on the subject Of geography. After this
United States History was taken up. Som.
very useful hints and suggestions were SCI
forth as to the best ways for making history
interesting to young children. The insti'
tute closed with few remarks on the teach.
ing Of spelling by Maggie Allen.
MAGGIE ALLEN,
Assistant Sec
Eld H. Bridgen,an lectured in the eve
ming OH the subject Of the "Biblc in School,"
He maintained that for the sake of its an
tiquity, poetical and historical value, its
lofty sentiment and moral worth, all Of
which we should prize for its intrinsic merit
as educators for the young it should be re-
tained. 1t gave good satisfaction TO the
institute.
On the previous evening Snpt. Cation
lecturetl on "Elucation." He certainly
told us in few minutes some facts of which
we knew less than he He traced the
knowledge Of numbers from the earliest dim
ray, almost lo:t in the fog of ancient igno-
rance, forward in its flow journey from the
total known of arithmetics Of counting on
the fingers to the Arabic, the quite complete
system of the 10Th century.
c. l.. B. AURSER,
Secretary.
FRIDAY, Sept %.
The institute opened by reading few
verses from the 81 chapter of Proverbs, by
]. j. McIntirc, and prayer by Elder Bridg.
man, followed by lesson in geography. for
which Prof McIntire drew large circle on
The board on which he drew the lines for
The zones, from which he drew out expla-
nations from the class, Of their location,
md method of teaching this to the young.
de expressed himself satisfied with this
ecitation-that they understood it so as to
,e able to impart this to others. This
question was asked: "What would he the
fleet If the earth's orbit about the sun was
! circle instead of an ellipses" 1t was
quite astonishing how wise we all were on
his. Allthe various digressions added in
terest. There are but twelve present, yet
it is lively; the pupils are prompt, and there
is no dragging. All presentare teachers, or
fitting to be.
Then came lesson in reading. 1t was
closely criticised, and closed by an exercise
in definitions. Recess.
Then class in common fractions The
general rudiments were explained, anC
some time was passed in bringing variou.
plans to simplify their lntricacics to The
young.
Adjourned till one o'clock.
G. L. B. AURNER,
Secretary.
Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-09-29
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
Little Western Incident.

While Henry Myers freighting outfit,
with six men, was camped y miles south
of Custer, d. T., they were visited by
three men who cooked theii dinners at
the camp fire, and made themselves so
agreeable that all OF the freighters except
the son of Meyers gathered about them.
Young Meyers was suspicious and went
to one of the wagons, where he got his
shotgun and remained away from the
party during the conversation around
the campfire. One of the strangers ad-
mired a shotgun belonging to the
freighters and took it to examine it.
Suddenly he cooked it and leveled it,
stepped between the freighters and their
arms, and ordered them to throw up
their hands, saying they would take
what money there was in the outfit. At
this young Meyers shot the TObbar,
striking him in the face and breast. The
robber wheeled and fired at him but
missed. The .robber dropped the gun
aud run, firing at the party with his re-
volver. One Of the freighters shot at
him with a rife, the ball striking him in
the arm. He fell and soon after died.
The other two road agents fed, and have
not yet been captured The party,
under the deputy sheriff from here, are
in pursuit. The body of the dead robber
was brought here last night, and idcnti.
fed as that Of A man known as Texas
Frank. II is believed that this was the
party who robbed the Sydney coach Z
few nights ago. None of Myers party
were hurt.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
Military Railway BufIding.

An Interesting experiment was carrie
out last month by detachment of the
German railway regiment in order to
determine the rapidity with which a line
Of rails could be laid down over ground
presenting considerable difficulties, ami
also to ascertain the rate at which the
work could be continued during the
night by the aid Of electric and other
artificial lights. The portion of railway
constructed led from the station of K Iaus-
dOTf to the summit of some adjacent
heights, rising fifty or sixty feet above
the starting point. It, length was about
1000 PAGES, and the gradients were.
therefore, necessarily steep, in some places
being as high as one in twenty. The
work was begun at seven O'Clock in the
morning, and by midday the rails were
laid on the lower and more level haIfof the
road. In the evening the wOrkmen were
relieved by other companies OF the regi-
meut arriving from Berlin, and although
there was no moon, the work was steadily
continued. Torches were applied where
excavations or emb3ukm,nts had to be
made; but where more accurate work
had te be executed, or more difficult
operations had 10 he performed as, for
instance, where rails had TO be laid and
adjusted, the scene was illuminated by
electric lights arranged upon an elevated
platform. Shortly after midnight al the
heavy work was finished. In two or
three hours more the rails were finally
adjusted, and in the morning the regi-
ment returned to Berlin.-PaH nm
Gazette.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
Cat.Ie Gra.ing in Ininoi-.

The following is a part of a letter
written by the special correspondent of
the EdiDburg ScOtchman to that paper
describing the management of the farm
and stock of the Messrs. Brown Broth
ers, of Berlin, Ill:
Grove Park Farm extends 5000 acres,
each of the three brothers holding sepa-
rate titles for 1000 acres, and all the
three running the farm jointly. Almost
all the farm has been cultivated, but
now it is under grass, having been sOwn
out-part of it thirty years ago-with
timothy, blue grass and clover. The
timothy and clover grow well the first
two or three years, but after that the
blue grass gets the upper hand of both,
and finally drives them out altogether.
White clover is indigenous to the soil,
which is a rich loan impregnated with
lime and is coming up very thickly.
Blue grass and white clover make the
very best of pasture, and Just now the
cattle on this farm are standing to the
knees among grass. The farm Is divided
into eight or nine fields, and fenced with
Usage orange, which with numerous
spreading trees here and there all over
the property, afford the cattle cool, shady
retreats from the scorching sun. For
seven years the Messrs. Brown handled
Texan steers, but DOw-and for two years
back-tbey buy only common American
steers Their system, which Is reduced
to a simplicity and regularity truly ad
mirable, may best be illustrated by tracing
the history of the herd of steers now on
the farm. These number nine hundred,
are rising three and four years old, were
bought in November last, mostly in
Chicago, Kansas City and St. Louis
markets, and are the best class OF COM
mon steers raised in Missouri and Wiscon-
sin. When brought nome, they were
graded into three lots, and put into
separate fields.
No Indian corn is grown on the farm,
and these cattle have no hsnd-ieeding
whatever, except a little hay during
severe snowstOrm, and a small quantity
of salt now and again. As soon as they
become fat they are shipped TO Chicago
in lots, and by the first of November they
will be all away and the fields vacant
for another nine hundred, which will
have to pass through exactly the same
simple ordeal. When bought in, these
steers now on the farm were lean and
weighed on the average about 1000
pounds now they weigh about
I 200 pounds, and it is expected that
bv the time they are shipped, they
will average l, 450 or ] 800 pounds. They
are the best of their kind have IS yet
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cotton, that produces the seed all
clustered together, with long, strong
staple extending from one side of the
seed (and which I believe to be the Bra
lillian or PeTnambuco cotton) was tried,
and was the only new species upon which
there could have been any hesitancy,
but this, too, was given up because not
as valuable and not as productive
have given the names of gentlemen
because | had no other means of estab-
fishing facts. Respectfully yours, etc.
THOMAS SPALDING.
Sapelo Island, April, 1923.
From an old book in Philadelphia it is
seen that cotton was cultivated in the
Southern states as early as 1747.
When jays treaty was made with
Great Britain in, cotton was rot
considered as an article of expectation
from the United States. Now we raise
about one million bags annually. The
price of upland varies from six to twenty
cents. The crop of 1928 in this. state
averaged about thirty cents and the sea
island one doilar.-P iaiSGUannoh Ne3rs.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
TWO OF THEM GONE.
Regarding the Capture
those L. p r. r., Robbers.

Particulars Regarding the Capture OF
those U. p K. II. Robbers
The Kansas City Times has a special
from Buffalo station, Kas. giving par
ticulaTs of the capture and killing of two
Union Pacific express robbers, and the
recovery of $4,000 in gold. About Q
O'Clock two men, riding faded horses aud
leading a heavily laden pony; came into
the station and stopped for refreshments.
The station agents suspicion was aroused
by noticing the name of Joel Collins on
an envelope in the pocket of one of the
men, which was exposed in drawing his
handkerchief. II happened that Sheriff
Bcardslee. of Ellis county, and a squad
Of soldiers, on the watch for the robbers
were eneamped in a ravine near by, and
as soon as the men left, the agent notified
the sheriff, who mounted his men and
| soon overlook the robbers. They told
| him he was mistaken in the men; that
! they were Texas cattle men returning
! home. The sheriff asked them to return
| to the station, which they cheerlully
agreed to do. They had gone only a
! short distance when Collins suddenly
| turned and said to his com PaniOn, g If
we have to die, let us do it gameIY."
Both attempted to draw revOlvers, but
the sheriff's posse was too quick for them,
and fired, killing both men instantly.
The gold was sewed up in the legs of a
pair Of pantaloons, and consisted of $40
pieces of the mint of 1877. The bodies
were taken to Ellis, where an inquest
will be held. There were no papers on
their bodies except a roll of poetry dedi
Gated TO Collins by young lady, and
which he seemed to prize highly. The
name of the other man is not given.
Collins is said to be from Dallas
Collins is said to be of highly respect
able family. Sheriff Beardslee and citi
Bens are in hot pursuit OF the gang.
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a GR,NnRECnRn-

Nearly thirty years have elapsed since
Hostetter's Stomach Btters was first brought
to the notice of the American public. To-day
it is the most popular remedy on this CONT
nent for dyspepsia, liver complaint, cOnstipa-
ton, debility, nervousness, urinary and utter
inc, complaints, govt, rheumatism, intermit-
tent and remittent fevers, and is widely used
in South and Central America, Mexico, the
West Indies anc Australia, as a preventive
and remedy for ma!ariouS disorders, and for
many other maladies to the relief of which it
is adapted. The record of its victories is
written in the testimonials of thousands
whom it has cured to many of which the
widest publicity has been given; it has won
the emphatic sanction of leading members of
the medical profession, and it has repeatedly
been made the subject of encomiUms by the
home and foreign press. Comment on the
above facts is unne cessary. We leave the
public to draw its own conclusions.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
Fences for Farms.

The following, concerning the use of
hedges for fences, we receive from farmer
of experience and extensive reading:
Sooner or later the farmers in the United
States must adopt hedges for fences, as
the cost of all the fences in this country
is estimated by good authorities to be
about 81, 100000, 900, or S45 a head for
each inhabitaDt, old or young, and it
costs 800, 00A OU0 annually to keep them
in repair. Recently Major Brisbane, of
the United States army, compiled sta
tistics in regard to the annual destruction
of timber IN the nation, from which it
appears that the consumption requires
about 5000 coo acres every year. He
puts the requirements for fencing pur-
poses at about One-half of this vast
amount, which we think is too high but
it is nevertheless immense, and, nOtwith-
standing the gradual increase of tree
planting for future use, it is certain that
a radical change in our fence system is
absolutely necessary, or two generations
hence the country will be practically
without fences. The kind of hedges
most grown are the buckthOrn and bar
berry for the north, the Usage orange for
the south. In regard to the barberry,
the WallingfOrd Circular says: We
have a harberry hedge on our grounds
twenty-five rods long and nine years old,
from the seed. Two rows of plants were
set, the rows one foot apart, and the
plants one foot apart in the rows, and set
alternately to break joints. This hedge
has been clipped little, two or three
times to keep it even, and is now six or
sever feet high, with a firm, compact
base, perfectly imperviOus to the smaller
animals, and stout enough to turn Ordi-
nary farm stock, except for a short dis
tance at one end where the soil is quite
thin" A pound of barberry, or buck,
thorn seed, costing 81, will produce
plants enough for one hundred rods Of
fence.-F'r0Bs tie Hartford Times.
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CONsOLATrON-GONE BsFOKE,

There's beautiful face in the silent air,
Which follows me ever and near,
with smiling eyes and amber hair,
With voiceless lips, yet with breath OF prayer,
That | feel but cannot hear.
The dimplcd hands and ringlets of gold
Lie down in a marble sleep;
stretch my arms for the clasp Of old,
But the empty air is strangely cold,
And my vigil alone keep.
There's sinIess brow with a radiant crown,
And a cross land down in the dust
There's smile where not a shadow comes now
And tears no more from those dear eyes HOW.
SO sweet in their innocent trust.
Al, well! and summer is coming again,
singing her same old song;
FUt, oh, II sounds like a sob of y in,
As IL floats in the sunshine and the rain,
O'eT heaIt OF the worlds great thTong.
There's beautiful region above the skies,
AndsI long TO reach its shore.
For / know 1 shall find my treasure there
The laUZ hing eyes and amber halr
OF the Lowell one gone before.
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seen, but then their kind is not good.
They are big bOned and lacking in quality,
and, like all these common cattle, they
travel so much and are kept lean for the
first two years of their existence, that
they show a good deal of gristIy meat.
The buying price was three and One-fourth
cents per pound, and it is hoped that the
selling price may be fifteen and one half
cents per pound live weight.
A steer will require four acres of grass
to feed him for a year; the value of that
land may be noted at fifty dollars per
acre; the interest at ten per cent (the
ordinary rate of interest in America)wilI
be twenty dollars for the four acres
the interest cn the money lying in the
steer for the year, three dollars and the
cost of salt and labor-there are only
four hired men at Grove Park farm
about one dollar; and thus the cost OF
keeping a steer for year would be about
twenty-feur dollars. Hitherto the Messrs
Brown have been averaging about thirty
| dollars a head for the years keep, anc
this year they xPect thirty-seven dollars
their system is unique and simple, and
as will be seen, very profitable.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
Putting Plant. to steep with Ether.

Several members of the Partisan Bio
logical society have recently been en-
gagged In series of experiments which
seem to prove that everything endowed
with life, whether animal, plant or fer
ment, is susceptible of being brought
under the influence of anesthetics; in
other words, may be sent to sleep. 1t
has been. proved that the influence of
anestheUics extends to all the animal It's
sues, and last of all to the central ner-
vOus system. Hence, it was argued
plants having tissues, must must also be
subject to the influence of ether, etc.
Experiments have proved this to be the
case. termination is arrested by anes-
thetics. The water cress, for example,
terminates within thirty hours. Ether
arrests termination in this plant, but
does not destroy that faculty. 1t merely
sends the plant To sleep, for termination
recOmmences as soon as the use of ether
is suspended. The capability of being
sent to sleep is not confined to plants, il
extends to ferments. Thus the ferment
of beer, when submitted for twenty-fouI
hours to the influence of ether, becomes
perfectly dormant, but RECEIVERS activity
as soon as anesthetic action is suspended
boston Chemical ,JOug7laL
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
Wheat Culture.

In preparing land for wheat crop, 1
regard early blowing as matter of the
greatest imFOrtance-as early as the
latter part of July or forepart of August.
AS to the depth, FIVE or six inches suits
my views. No amount of after culture
will make amends for neglect in early
blowing. When the blowing is done, we
commence narrowing; turning our har-
rows over, the teeth showing about three
inches on the back, put light weight
on and drive the same way we plowed
A week or two before sewing, If your
land is not too foul, go over it with a
cultivatOr or ble-shoyels. Should it
be very grassy or in bad condition, re-
break but not otherwise. After the
cultivator or shovels, level down by
narrowing or dra yging cTOsswise.
| would advise sowing here Ia our sec
ton from the the goth to the last of Sep
TENDER. A bushel and a peck to the acre
is as near right as we can make it. Late
sowing requires the most seed. The roll
Ter / regard as very valuable, and should
60 in advance of the drill. At least we
so use it. Now, have given my prac-
tice-the result of forty years observa.
ton.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
FARM NOTES,
who are the Farmers Friends

who are the Farmers Friends
Who but geology, chemistry, the
quarry of the air, the water of the brood
the lightning of the cloud, the plough Of
the frost Before he was born into the
field, the sun of ages soaked it with light
and heat, mellowed his land, decomposed
the rocks, covered it with vegetable film,
then with forests, and accumulated cubi !,
acres of sphagnum, whose decay makes
the peat of his meadows. The rocks
crack like glass by inequality of cont &C,
tioH in heat and cold, and fakes fall
almost continually into the soil. The
tree can draw on the whole air, the whole
earth, on the rolling. main The plant,
the tree is all suction pipe, imbibing from
the ground by its roots, from the air by
its twigs with all its might Take up a
spadeful or a buck-load of loan; who can
guess what it holds? But a gardener
knows that it is full of peaches, full OF
ORANGES, and he drops in few seeds by
way Of keys to unlock and combine its
values,-lets it lie in the sun and rain
and by-and-by it mas lifted into the all
its full weight in golden fruit.-En Emerson
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11

Low spirits, distaste for company, irri-
liability of temper and love of retirement
exist with many persons from some lesion of
Ihe liver; they are advised to use HONE
STOMACH BITTERs, as i acts on the whole
animal economy. Prepared by the HOm-
BitIers Co.. St, Louis Mo.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11

POVERTY, except where there is an
actual want of food and raiment, is a
thing much more imaginary than real.
The shame of poyerty-tEe shame of be-
ing thought pOor---is a great and fatal
weakness, though arising in this country
from the fashion of the times themselves.
- IObbptt
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11
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where Fever and AEUs prevail there is no rem
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The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11

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We GET IN d.
Her Darn UOPCfs.

BALTIMORE. Mn, Feb. Is, 1877.
NJ r. u. L. STEv5Ns:
Dear SiT-Sluca several years have got sore aud
very painful foot. had some physicians, hut they
Cguldht c'Ire me Now. have heard of your EiT-
Ell Nj from = adF no MIS- sick for long time,
AMI heCsUtc ali we'll from yOur VEG ETfN 2; and
wrut and bought me one bottle Of NEGETINE and
after had used on" bottle, the rains left me and
1t began To- heal, and then bought other bottle.
and So take IL vet. thank God for this remedy and
yourself; and wishing sufferer may pay attcn-
ton to it It's blessing for health.
Mrs G. kRABE. rs West Baltimore Street.
The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1877-10-11

WEhave a largersale for Hatch's Cough
Syrup than for any other medicine of The
kind. We have for sale all the old standard
remedies. None are in such demand.
FLINT & DAYTON, Friend ship, y. \.