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Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1877-08-18
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VERY EVENING EXCITING SUNDAYS
THE TERRITORIAL FAVE.

~ ~ PsoPts q Z N opportunity "a
sssAsr together their varied produces
o the soil, Of manufacture, Of at, and
OF everything which Indicates he prosperity
and pf6sfss ofths country. II becomes nc
duty Q fevery enterpriains citizen Of Dakots
% lend his aid toward making the occasion
= grand . saccsn Is the seasons yield has
sWsAAveAwaonsrtuaiti mite u ady~-
Ahsaets NE oaA2ds world the wonderful
sssoaico Of this portion Of
he 1sk ald : chance like
tAis should Be made the most Of It il he
htsntaea to ~ sxcufsion trains htom The
- during the fair and the cheap rates thus
aaor1a' Mllcs1Akk nkay % coeas Who
cossd net ethsFwiss afford the expense Of !
purely 1lghtsssing ton. To thess visitors
" ahSald give an opportunity 10 gain /
large amount of information during their
nsossafily limited visit. 1t Is information
The residents Of sasesn states are aAes~inforl
nastoa regarding Ne capabilities Of the new
vsse-and . few measures Of good grain, !
row Of Vegetables, . line Of corn stalks, !
fsw tails Of our gra1 fatted stuck, in fact !
gsnssalH display Of all The products Of our
Ssads and grating Lands = more Convincing
svideaos than volumes printed Of what
aecoanarycaa dos.dshssd done for poor
and frfieA.' + l. hsrsfors q duty which
Ill Dakotaians owe to themselves to unit.
their eIoss and make the display of 1877
secnRllateiaA4 b daaiL. The seasoa has
besnuaS = sEvorabssto the perfection Of
all the pscdncs Of the soil he country
oven, and while our nsixhbors are
making the best of their opportunity
II behooves % to be equally enterprisinr Ii
stlis dirsction. Il i The dsaign Of the secis
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
Children'S Rights.

The right of children to play on the
sidewalk in city was incidentally in
volved in a recent case before the New
York Court of Appeals. The waste hot
water and steam from planning mill in
Brooklyn ran down through pipe be-
meath the sidewalk into a hole inside the
curbstone. A little child, about 4 years
old, whose parents lived upon the same
street, went out on the sidewalk and fell
into this hole of hot water and was badly
scalded. They sued for damages and re-
covered verdict against the persons
carrying on the planning mill. On the
trial the Judge charged the jury that the
child had a right to be on the sidewalk,
and had right to be at play there. In
the Court Of Appeals it was argued that
the last proposition was not law. The
court held, however, that it was legally
correct, inasmuch as it conveyed the idea
that, being on the sidewalk, the fact OF
playing there did not constitute negli-
gence on the part of the child "That it
is not unlawful, wrongful or negligent, .
said Chief Justice Church, for children
on the sidewalk to play, is proposition
which is too plain for comment" Their
right to play in such way as to exclude
or interfere with persons desiring to pass
was not involved in the case, and the
court expressed no opinion on that point.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
Railway Construction i'm Peru.

Peru takes the lead in the revival of
railroad building. Work begins this
month ON three important lines under a
new contract which Henry Meiggs has
obtained from the Government. It is
the policy OF Peru to convert portion
of her accidental wealth into the imper-
ishable sources of national greatness,
and she has already found the railroads
SO useful in uniting her people and
strengthening the Government that she
proposes to go on with the construction
of this class Of public works until the
whole territory is supplied. Doubtless
her action will have stimulating effect
upon nations in other quarters of the
globe. It certainly will be benefit to
certain industries in this country. One
feature of Meiggs' new contract is a pc
culiar one. He is to develop the Cerro
de Pasco silver mines. IF what rumor
says of the richness of these mines
proves to be true, an immense quantity
of metal will be taken from them in the
next ten OF fifteen years, so large a guam
tity, in fact, that it may affect the import
ant question of remonetizing silver
NeaU York Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
Speculation in Postage Stamps.

A New York paper says: "Many
country merchants in the interior of the
Western States are in the habit of making
their remittances in postage stamps,
much to the annoyance of wholesale deal
ers, who cannot readily dispose of them.
This custom reveals the secret of the de-
sire for unsalaried postmasterships. The
percentage allowed for the sale of stamps
is large, SO that by dividing the Post
master makes neat sum and the mer-
chant gains a goodly discount. On a
sale of $50 worth of stamps the Post
master receives from 80 to go per cent. ;
and, if he gives the country merchant
one-third of his profit, the latter gets his
$50 worth of goods for $40 by paying for
them in stamps, and the Postmaster
coolly pockets 800. This procedure is
against the rules of the department, and
efforts are being made to ferret out the
transactions.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
ROunlania.

The fact that the Russians are using
Roumania as the territory through which
to make their passage across the Danube
gives that country certain interest, and
it may be that those who have only old
aliases to consult will be puzzled to find
where that country is located. Rou-
mania is the name given to the united
provinces of Wallachia and Moldavia
(the name by which they are designated
on the old maps), which were CONSOLE
dated and guaranteed autonomy under a
Prince of their own election by the treaty
of Paris in 1856. The new Government
was organized in the following year. It
comprises q part of the territory which,
under the Roman empire, was known as
Dacia, and the people take their Ian
guage and characteristics from the set
Element of the province by Roman sol
diers in the second century, after the
conquest of the Dacians, who were
among the most formidable foes of the
early Roman Emperors. It is on this
account that the people of Roumania
resemble more nearly the Latin races
than the Sclavic population Of the neigh
boring provinces. The chief city is
Bucharest, with a population Of about
quarter Of a million, and the Roumani-
ans are fond Of designating it as new
Paris. The language spoken has been
definitely classed among the Romance
languages, to which the French, Span
ish, italian, and Portuguese belong, and
the people are described to be of the
same mercurial character as the French
and Italians In later times the two
provinces of Wallachia and Moldavia
were alternately under the dictation of
the Russian and Turkish empires. After
the Russian war with Turkey, in 1923,
Russia exercised q protectorate over
them till the peace following the war of
1866, when they were consolidated as
Roumania, and the independence of the
new country was recognized by both
Turkey and Russia. The sympathy of
the Roumanian people is supposed to be
largely with Russia.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
Death by Fire.

Two shocking tragedies, involving the
loss OF three little children by fire, have
occurred in Nebraska within few days.
A farmer named Chesany, living near
Lincoln, went out to burn prai-
RE grass. A 3-year-old boy fol-
lowed him without his knowledge.
After completing his work the father re-
turned in the evening without the child,
and, upon the mother telling him it was
missing, he started to hunt it, and found
the little fellow lying on the prairie
burnt to crisp. He had followed the
father, got in dead grass, and burned to
death.
A lamp was accidentally overturned at
the residence of Mr.. William Whiten,
living eighteen miles from Lincoln, set
ting fire to the building. The flames
rapidly spread, enveloping the whole
house. Mr.. Whiten was in bed, and
two little sons, and years old, were
also in bed Mrs. Whiten attempted tc
extinguish the flames, and her husband
being reused, assisted her. At last she
seized the baby and rushed out doors
followed by her husband. They sup
posed the two boys had escaped, but
not finding them outside, the father
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
The Price of Wheat.

The high price fails to bring in the
wheat, and the reason is that the stock in
the West is very light. The daily re-
ceipts in Chicago do not exceed an aver
age of eight carloads. The inference
from all the facts is that the surplus
wheat of last years crop was much
smaller than it was supposed to have
been. The crop of the Pacific States
has been sent forward. The most formid-
able competitor the United States have
in the British grain market is Russia,
including the Turkish provinces. The
troubles between Russia and Turkey be-
gan last fall at the close Of the harvest,
which troubles have continued to threaten
the peace of the two countries ever since.
The only route from Odessa is through
Turkish waters, and, in anticipation of
the close of that route, all the wheat that
Odessa has had to sell has long since
been forwarded to England, and mainly
by steamers. The Russian supply has
therefore been anticipated long since,
and there is not bushel more in Odessa
that can be drawn by Europe. The de-
preston in American wheat during the
close of 1876 was due to the fact that the
whole Russian supply had been received
in Liverpool, and England, being over
stocked, had no need of American wheat,
and has had no special need of it until
quite recently. The fact, then, of the
wheat supply is easily stated that the
ordinary supply from Russian ports has
already been exhausted the surplus in
the United States is a limited one and
the stock on hand in Liverpool is not a
large one On the LIST of April, 1877, the
stock Oh hand in Liverpool as compared
with other dates in 1876 was as follows
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
CHEAP AND EASY.
How Emigrants Live Their Way Across
the Continent.
cheyenne Cor. New York Sum-

the Continent.
cheyenne Cor. New York SUM-
Emigrant life Oh Union Pacific train
is certainly an interesting life. The
time through from Omaha to San Fran
cisco is eight days-a little less than a
voyage from Cork to New York. The
emigrant train generally contains about
400 men, women and children. Chill
dren generally make up half the load
In one car this morning [ counted
twenty-five babies and small children.
In another mother had thirteen chill
dren. This good, patient, self-sacri-
ficing mother was doing all her own
cooking and washing on the train.
Every night she places the seats cross
wise, makes up bed for her little ones,
and then they all go to sleep in a nest.
The cars run smoothly, very smoothly,
on the Union Pacifc-so smoothly that
you can write or shave on the train.
They run about fifteen miles an hour.
The expense of riding is about S. per
day, or $45 for eight days.
l am astonished at the supply and
cheapness of the food along the road.
At every station women bring in milk,
butter, and eggs, which are sold cheaper
than you can buy them in Fulton Mar
ket. Eggs all the way to North Platte
are 20 cents dozen, milk 10 cents per
quart, and butter 20 cents per pound,
though prices are higher at Cheyenne
and Sidney on account of the Black
Hills innovation.
The emigrant buys his butter, eggs and
milk, and a few loaves of bread then
makes his coffee and boils his eggs on
the train stove as he goes along.
Chow much does it cost you day to
live?" [ asked a rosy-cheeked mother
with two healthy children.
ooh, about 45 cents day for ali of
U.S."
"What, As cents per day for you and
your two children %
"Why, yes. See! two quarts of
milk and a half-pound of butter, that's
80 cents, and then coffee and two loaves
of bread, that's Is cents more. Forty
cents is enough, and we could get along
on 25 cents, all of u.s.
Prof. Blot once said people could live
i'll New York On 10 cents per day. [
know they can live on Union Pacific
railroad train for Is.
Everything is cheap for the emigrant
out on the plains The big eating
houses for the Pullman trains charge
81 per meal, but anywhere along the
road the small eating stations only charge
Is and so cents per meal To-day 1
had fresh fish at Elm Creek station,
caught from the Loup fork, as sweet and
juicy as Moons Saratoga bass, mealy
potatoes, ham and eggs, delicious beef,
and nice dessert, for so cents.
It is very amusing to see English tour
lists fill up big baskets with provisions
in Omaha, expecting to find no food as
they go over the plains. After the first
two days I notice they begin to pitch
their stale roast chicken and stale boiled
eggs out Of the car windows, and regale
themselves on the delicious country
food, fresh cooked at the stations.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03

Reports relative to farm animals, as re-
ceived at the Department of Agriculture,
in Washington, show general exemption
from diseases among cattle with few ex-
ceptions, and a more than average health
fulness and thrift especially in the
region north of the Both degree of lati-
tude. In the milder region, where shell
ter is not provided, emaciation and death
are not infrequently reported. In one
county in Georgia (Taylor), $50 of a
herd of 500 were lost From the Alleg-
hanies to the great plains not exceeding
7 per centum of the returns indicate low
condition. Cases of pleuro- pneumonia
have occurred in Burlington, n j., Bal
timore, Md, and Cumberland, Penn.
Cases of abortion are scattered through
the dairy districts in no greater numbers
than usual. Losses are reported in the
South from diseases resulting from mi
asma and lack of nutrition. Such cases
vary from 2 to 20 per centum in counties
in the Gulf States, and from to Is per
centum in certain counties in Texas. No
prevalent disease is reported among
horses. Mild forms of catarrhal disease
with occasional cases of lung fever are
reported from Northern latitudes, and
from the South more frequent mention OF
similar and local losses from blind stag
gers and less frequent loss from CHAMBERS,
and in the Mississippi valley few cases
Of Charlton. Sheep are generally in good
condition. In Southern California focks
are dying from drought, and in some
places are sold to go to Oregon and Ne
vada for 81 cents per head. The losses
of swine have been very heavy in the
West and South.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
CiVil-Service r efOrm.

Now that the Southern controversies
are fully and satisfactorily settled, the
administration will give it's attention to
the second great question of reform to
which the President committed himself
in his letter of acceptance, and subse-
quently in his inaugural address, name
ly the reform of the civil service. Some
steps in this direction have already been
taken by members of the Cabinet, but
the President has been unable, on &C
count of the pressure of other duties, to
give much personal attention to the sub
ject. He is now prepared to do so, and
has already taken steps to possess him
self of all the information within reach
relating to this matter. The subject of
general reform will be discussed at the
Cabinet meetings, and the practical
details are to be carried out under the
direction of the heads of the depart
ments
Of course the exact character of the
changes to be made in each department
will depend largely on the organization
of the civil service as it now exists, the
standard being higher in some depart
ments than in others, and also upon the
personal ideas of the members of the
Cabinet under which the changes are to
be made. The administration appreci-
ates the difficulties that are likely to
arise in carrying out genuine reforms in
the civil service and the opposition
which it will have to encounter. II
does not expect to make a revolution in q
day or a month, but does hope to effect
some marked improvement in very
short time Washington Cor. Neal
York Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03
knocked in a window of the sleeping

knocked in window of the sleeping
room and attempted to reach them.
They were not in bed, and, after
cropping in fame and smoke and severe
ly burning himself, the father was
obliged to get out Search in the ruins
afterwards found the bones OF the two
children. They had apparently left
their bed and sought to escape toward
the door, but had been suffocated.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03

It VIII be seen THAT, NOTWITHSTANDING
the exhaustion of the Russian supply,
the stock Of wheat and -four in Liver
pool is hardly equal to one-half of what
it was year ago. There is, therefore, a
substantial reason for an advance in
wheat, resting on the short stock on
hand. There is a danger, OF course, that
this advance, under the stimulus of
speculation, as we'll in Chicago as at the
Atlantic ports and in Liverpool, may go
beyond any legitimate warrant. In such
case, therefore, there will be reaction,
and prices will gradually settle at the
figure which the demand may justify
Chicago Tribune.
The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1877-05-03

A BILL has passed the Common Coun-
Gil OF Nashville requiring all barber
shops to be closed on Sunday. This was
done at the request Of the BARRIERS them
selves.
, 1877-09-01

A TRl0rSE reporter cndeayorcd yesterday to
learn tho amount Of salary paid the olilcers and
employees OF the State bayings Institution. tho
slzc OF the yearly cxpebsas, ctc., but met With
only partial success. The reason for this Is that
the clcrss, who were busy carrying out Col
TayIor's directions, hud no time to look up tho
books fur the exact tigurcs. and the reporter was
compelled to take The best information hc could
outside Of tbs books. Some Of II Il exact,
assd soluc approximately correct. spencer re-
ce!yel $4,000. Dr.. Bn!th, thu Vlce-Prrsiaent,
got nothing for acting IN that capacity. although
as Trustee he drew his S5 per meeting, md tho
meetings were usually hell twlce wcek, - aud
:oetms. ottsnsF; unild ths GasaieF fGs
clerks, hookkcepers, and te'less at the main
o.l!ge anl the branch, thu paetcrs, watchmen,
amt engfneers, received Al tod about fi3.NN
was 10 pa!i Tor sta,lonary aut tucidsutal expenses.
Then there was the cost OF advertising, which
was 1T times quite heavy, but the annual aver
are amount VI which the clerks could not tell.
have received t3,oo0 a. before stated, each
OF tho Trustees got IS for attendance on
every meeting. .altoxcther the expenses do
10. seem 70 have been la1gs,MSssnsta.n!y r. not o.
the New York sAvinKs banks.
TAytoR'a uoHp.
Gen. Lcb yesterday received the following:
Cn,cAuo. Aux. 80. 4S17.-U<a. Hermann Lib.
| County Cssrk-UxAa SIR: Al = nesting .! thu
dsposs,ors held this day. II she corner u Marks!
aud Madison streets, 1t was resolved aid eAt5'sd
Aanes Taylus Ass,gnrs Of the state Savings 1nstl-
| tuition. until afss! meeting OF ths dsposisors
| called to taks olace Tomorrow nf3ht md take
measures fuf The general interests of tbs concern.
| ". a. DECKER. Chairman OF COMMITTEES
Gen. Lteb 1ays that he will carry out the re-
! quest VI tfls Committee, unless ordered ~ 10
otherwise BY the County Court, Which Will not
| be Ia session Until Monday
, 1877-09-01
ILLINOIS FIREMEN.
Close of the Tournament Mt 0nle4bnrk-0Es
lrers-Eluo for tho Ensuing Yenr.
Speetat Dttpatch to zAs T1tune.

Cloae Of tho Tourannont Mt 0n1eshhrk-0fs
lrer.-Eluot for the Ensntnk Fenr.
gp<esat Dttpasca to zAs nttua&
GALRsnuao, ILL.,, Aug. 31.--The dren,en's
tournament WAS concluded by The rnecs md tn'
gIuc contcsts Of to-day. Prizes were given y
followa, For chemtcal.enGiues-Maj Holt, of
Monmouth, first. aud Kewnnce, OF Ke~anee,
second. Tho distance thrown by tho Mai. lio|s
was Us feet o inches: Kewanee, 81 feet inchest
Prize, s5O.
lIuntl-cngincs-New Peoria, No. 4, Of Peoria,
lB3 feet incl,rs: Wlle-Awakes, No. !, ptk'ut
ditto; Tornado, No. !, unlesburg, lst ieet ,
inches; WatcrWltcn. No. .. Quincy, Isl lces1
inches; Reliance, No, 2, Galcsburr, ISL feet
Inches; the first prize $500 md the csarnplon.
ship broom being taxen BY the New peorias' q q
Peoria; tue seeoud, sloo. BY tho IoFuaao' %
Sweepstakes 70: hose conpanlcs-Flt,s
lrlzc, $aO: SECOND prizo, sitvrr trumoet.
EEdurado, No. Q, Of Decatur, ruled out; nxou;
H.. "t p.ton. s,n'I r9ls9 out; Mese S St
tlaleshurE. 20 seconds; Wsdc-Awake, Lapos;s'
!, .. Peoria, Do: Neptune. Ny 3, OF i'eSaai,' nir
s ssssI:s st syxs, Wsytss H. ~ n se.oat 81 rss
seconds; ResSue;; No. !. ot Deeat H. u sese'sas,
Chicago, Burlington j. Quincy, No. !, Of tafestt
burg. S31< SECONDS: Shake Rug. Ny. y y
4uaacys 10 Aeeohusi tontme9ta'. ~. II
Charleston, u seconds. -, .,.
Hoaecarts Ito carry 30o,ftct ot hose ana saa
1,100 frct)-Wide- Awakcs, Of Pe;ln, ltirst pf1s'
Monmouth, Vt Monmouth, second.
The remainder of the day WAS devoted to az
| exhibition OF tie lalesbutg wntes-woTKs ALA
music By the banls III attendance. a..
At . bustness session OF tho Association, tno
following o!eers wese elected for the eusa!ax
| ytar: Presideut, 81. Denner. Chteago; FlLs!
fice-P President, Joseph A. Bosuton, slonmoattn,' ~,
Second Vlee.Preslent. Frank, Il. sagus,, 11ss
Dixon; Third Vice-pEesi1ens, !oaa
I, LaEip, Rockford; Fourth vsse.
President, b. L. Mumford, Charleston; Flsa
Vtce-Presldent, II. ". Goldsmith, Galespaaf., ~,
Secretary, Asrto F, chrastss, nesatns; III III.
raxu. Tils concluded the third auaa9 :.
touruameut OF thi4 Association. Thu '!sts eoase5.
throughout were couducte1 with tlls ut'noa. >.
of rood feeling aud order. The attendant ~
very large, fully I5UlO people being III altnos'
cuHItaut attendance.