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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30

carried on all summer, agents having come
from as far as San Francisco for the purpose.
The census of the Dominion is to be taken
the first Monday in April next, and the popula-
ton to be recorded is the population in existence
on that day. Every person is to be counted as
belonging to the place where he is fonnd on
the 4th Of April
There are partial floods throughout the north
of England. The Irwell has overlooked it's
banks in the district If Manchester, covering
100 acres. The Easements of four thousand
dwellings are flooded, and large and unoccu-
pied building was undermined and has fallen
into the r.ver:
cause with a fund of over $500 Derby, liberal
donor, has subscribed for his benefit, although
his lingo friends are making it comfortable for
him. The Irish police are now coming in for
their share of Boycotting along with the bailifs,
magistrates force at Middletown being the
first to suffer.
A battalion of grenadier guards has been Or
dered to get ready for special service in Ireland
The garrison for Ireland will number 80, 900
men Of all arms by the LIST of January. After
thearrlval of the grenadier guards, the Irish
garrlsons will comprise ten batteries of artl-
lery, seven regiments Of cavalry, three compa-
mes of engineers, twenty-eight battalions of
infantry, and some companies of the army ser
vice corps.
Prof Bell, Of the Canadian geological survey,
who embarked in a sailing vessel from York
factory, Hudson's Bay, last spring, in order to
observe the conditions that would affect the
utilization of the proposed commercial route to
England, via Hudson's straits, has arrived safe
y IN London. Not an iceberg was seen during
the voyage, and he asserts that navigation Of
tho straits is practicable for five and half
months each year. As result of this informa-
ton surveyors are shortly to be sent out by the
Hudson Bay l. Winnipeg Railway company
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30
MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS.


Very heavy snow storms are reported at the
east
Pittsburg rail makers have voted to increase
the price for rails
Chas E. Smith, eldest son of Richard Smith,
of the Cincinnati Gazette is dead
! The Massachusetts railroad commissioners
| decide that Boston cannot have elevated rail
! roads.
The Chicago landleague voted to send 81 900
to Ireland, to be used for the defense of the
! agitators
The fund Of $3.50, 900 for the Harvard di-
vinity school at Cambridge, Mass, has been
| made up.
| The Cane Growers convention at St. Louis,
| recommended the establishment of sugar mills
in connection with State agricultural colleges.
| A telegram from New York announces the
| death in Sing Sing of Eugene Fairfax William
| son, alias Gentleman Joe, the prosecutor Of DR..
| Dix.
Gen. E. o. G. Ord expects to go to Mexico
| and engage in some business enterprise. He
| has already had several offers to connect him
self with business ventures there, where his
son-in-law, Gen. Trevino, is secretary of war
in the new cabinet He is not wealthy, and
daughters. His pay as retired officer is about
$4,000.
| Bailey, Bullock & Co., and Gardner, Stone T.
Co., heavy grain dealers of Chicago, have failed
with large liabilities. A dispatch says: ..1nter-
views with leading business men Of Chicago
at least nobody will say that he fears one. Not
withstanding this, the casual remark of Jay
Gould, that 1--WE are on the edge of a great pan
ic," has made more commotion than might have
| been wished for.''
The great commission house of Manson, Bar
tholomew & Co., of St Louis, has failed The
| firm is one of the Oldest and best known in the
city, and has occupied prominent position
both as receiving and speculative firm, hand
ling very large amount of consigned stock, and
trading heavily in futures for customers For
some time they have been 'long'' for their GUS
toners, and have also held large amount of
cash grain in store The late decline in wheat
| is the immediate cause of the suspension.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30
ACCIDENTS AND OTHER CASUALTIES

ACCIDENTS AND OTHER CASUALTIES.
Iowa, was burned with a loss of 500, 900.
The Touring mill of Keller Bros at St Louis
| was burned last Thursday night Loss 500,
600
The Baptist church and dwellings, store
| containing agricultural implements, etc. burned
| ut Chcbanse.
A fire in the picker house of the Chicapee
Falls Manufacturing company, at Chicapee
Falls, Mass, caused a damage of $40, 900.
John Hague, farmer who was sitting as
Juror in the district court, of Dcs Moines be-
came suddenly insane and was discharged and
| taken home.
Alex. Waer's large Touring mill at Laper-
CT, Mich, was burned. Loss, S25, 900 insur-
ancc, $4,000 in the Millers' association, and
S5, 600 in the North American.
Among the fires last week was Van Dyke &
| Co.'S furniture factory at Patterson, N. j., with
| loss of 345, 600, and the South BROOKLYN oil
Thomas Fay, a brakeman on tho St Paul &
Sioux City railroad, had his left hand and fin
gers badly smashed while coupling cars at
Shakopee.
John Hittson, one of the wcalthiest and best
known cattle men of the West, was killed, re-
Gently, at East Bijou, Colorado near Otter Tail,
by being thrown from his carriage by a run
| away team.
Martin Conlil a sec ton foreman on the N. P.
extention, beyond Bismark was thrown from a
moving train and killed. He fell against a
| SNOWFLAKE aud rolled under the wheels. He
was a Minnesotian.
| Three men, John Shea, Chester Morse and
J. Bruce, while attempting to cross the Boston
& Albany railroad track in wagon, near Walk
ers Grove, Matte, Mass, were struck by train
| and all instantly killed.
John A. Hasson says a terribly stormy pass
| age was had across the ocean on his return to
Vienna. Several passengers and sailors were
seriously injured. He was thrown across the
ship, receiving injuries which put him in the
surgeons care several days.
The Milbuln hotel Toledo, O., situated near
the Milburn Wagon works in the suburbs of the
city, has been destroyed by fire. Henry lie
man, All employe of the wagon works, 1eapcd
from the third story of the building and was
Instantly killed. Loss Oh building and contents
! was sS14 900; insurance ST., 900.
| A fire at Corsicana, Texas, resulted in the to-
| tai destruction of the stocks and buildings of
Jewell & Jester, hardware loss, 1900; A.
| Fox & Bro, dry goods, $50, 900; 7. J. Sulli-
| van g. Co., boots and shoes, 500, 900. Adjoin-
| ing buildings on both sides were damaged about
| $40, 900. Insurance about $65 900.
! A man named Duncan Mcdonald, who got
on the cars at Hastings, MIMI by some means
got under the cars and had his arm cut Off q
! little east of La Crosse. Heis apparently not in
his right mind After the accidenthe wandered
about three or four hours and his bloody trail
could be followed nearly or quite two miles.
The surgeons say his endurance is little less
| than marvellous.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30
CURRENT EVENTS,

died at Fairfield, vt
Rev. Dr.. McClosky, president of St. Mary's
college at Emmettsburg, Va, is dead.
The failure of the grain firm of G. Bucking-
ham & Co. at St. Louis, is announced.
Gen. Grant, President Hayes and Henry Ward
Beecher spoke at the New England celebration
in New York on the 21st.
The coming session Of the Wisconsin lcgiala-
ture will be called upon to make q new appOr-
tonment of the State into congressional districts.
E. H. Baden, clerk, baggage master and ticket
agent at the Green Bay depot, La Crosse, has
been missing from his home, but his accounts
are all right.
Frank Raterman, a wealthy pioneer of Gin
ci matt, has committed suicide by hanging him.
self. 1t is thought that he was afflicted with
softening of the brain.
Ex-senator Howe has written q letter, taking
strong grounds against the election of E. W.
Reyes to the United States senate, and favoring
the claims of Mr. Sawyer.
Mrs. Sarah Upheld, widow of the Rt Rev.
George Uphold, D. D., bishop of Indiana died
Of exhaustion, recently, consequent upon oldage,
at he residence in Indianapolis.
The failure of Walch & Bacon, of Albany, Ca,
is reported Liabilities, $4,000 The firm
did general warehouse merchandise and bank
business, and was regarded strong.
At Belmont, near San Francisco, Sir Thos
Heskith, of England, was married to Clara, the
youngest daughter Of Senator Sharon. The
reception was the most brilliant ever seen in
California.
. A. D. Alderman died at his home in Carriers
vile, Ca, after weeks sickness of infamma-
tory rheumatism. He was attorney general
with Grant during his first term, and was the
leader of the republican party in Georgia.
The grand jury in session at Fargo have
made report recommending the division of
Dakota on the Seventh standard parallel. They
urge this division line on the ground that It
| would not interfere with county and township
lines, and for other reasons.
The suit of the government against julius B.
King, importer of kid gloves, in progress in the
United States district court at New York the
past six weeks, ended in a verdict in favor of
King The amount of under valuations claimed
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
RECORD OF CRIME.

Hon. Ed Parker, formerly member of the
Nebraska legislature, has been arrested on a
charge of robbing the mail in 1877.
negro boy named Campbell in Hart county,
; Kentucky, and his brother, were hanged to
tree recently, for knocking down and robbing
Joseph Gardner, prominent citizen.
! At Napoleon, Ohio, Christmas eve, R. K.
Scott, ex-g governor of South Carolina, and now
a resident of Napoleon, shot and killed young
man named Drury. The affair was the result
of quarrel in relation to son of Scott
John Plankinton, the well known pork pack
bags Or mas 9 Coz c pounds Of coe
! costing 1885, 900, and paying cash for it
Since buying, coffee has advanced three-quar-
tiers of cent per pound
J. W. Baxendale, aged twenty -four years,
who had charge of the financial department of
OF the shoe mandatory OF his father, John Bax,
enda1e, at Broctoa, Mass, has disappeared, and
! is discovered to be defaulter in 10000,
which forces his father to suspend business.
In Chicago on Christmas morning Miss Ada
Hidden, young lady of twenty-five years, en-
gaging in manner and highly esteemed by her
acquaintances, living there with her brother,
| Robert Hebden, assistant manager of the Bank
of Montreal. suddenly went to a drawer, took
! from it a pistol and without warning OF expla-
nation fired shot into her heart and fell dead
on the carpet The evening previous she at
! tended party and was among the merriest of
the guests. No cause is assigned for the act
Rev. l. 3. Carpenter, an Episcopal clergy
man of Toledo, was robbed on Lake Shore train.
As the cars were about to stop at Monroe gen
tlemanly- appearing man inquired the time; AS
| Mr.. Carpenter took out his watch it was grabbed
by the thief, at the same time two other confed-
crates seized the clergyman, bent him back over
the seat, hurriedly rihed his pockets, securing
$50, and jumped from the cars before the re-
naming passengers had time to recover from
their astonishment The watch was worth
$3.50.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30

SENATOR BECK, of Kentucky, has intro
duced bill in the senate to authorize the
issue of legal tender notes Of the United
States upon deposits of gold, which confers
the right upon any American citizen, firm
or corporation to deliver to the
United States assistant treasurer at the
New York sub treasury, United States coin
in sums of $4,000, or in any multiple
thereof, and upon such delivery to receive
from the New York ub-treasury an equal
amount of legal tender notes Of the United
States, to be specially issued by the secre-
tary Of the treasury for this purpose, in de-
nominations of not less than twenty dollars,
each payable on demand, and in all respects
similar to Uuited States legal tender notes
now in circulation, except that the words,
issued on deposit of gold," shall be in the
body of the new notes or printed across the
face; that the gold deposits shall be held
for the redemption of legal tender notes
and for no other purpose; that the new
notes shall have all the legal qualities of
the legal tenders now in circulation; that
the new notes may be re-issued; and that
the limitation upon the amount of legal ten
der notes authorized by law to be kept in
circulation shall have no application to legal
tender notes issued under this act.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

The public debt of Canada increased SO, $780,
600 during the fiscal year ending June 80,
$780,
The India Office has received information that
the convalescence of the marquis of Ripon,
viceroy Of India, has been fully established.
dispatch from Dublin says grave apprehen-
sions has arisen that the trial of the traversers
tendance of sufficient number of Jurors.
It now appears that the procuring of girls
from Montreal to fill Chicago, St Louis and
San Francisco dens Of infamy has been largely
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30

JOHN KELLY, the famous Tammany boss,
is being deserted by his friends, who now
look upon him as the prime cause of the
defeat of the party in New York.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE Minnesota legislature will convene
at St. Paul on Tuesday, January4.

CONGRESS will not reassemble until the
5th day Of January, and from that time I'M
til the 4th of March there will be lively
times in Washington.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30

GEORGIA railroads have charged passen-
gers five cents per mile, and of course are
July outraged by peremptory order of the
railroad commissioners--who are clothed
with ample power-to reduce the rates to
three cents per mile.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30
RetribltiOn in MiSSiSSiDDi.

special gives an account Of a horrible
affair in Monroe county, Mississippi. Two
men without money We're Hospitality enter
tanned by a family named Brown. At II
o'clock at night, the strangers chloroformed
Browns family, robbed them, and then set
the house OIL fire, and their remains
were found crisped and charred. One
Of the villains was arrested and
confessed the crime. The hor-
ror-stricken crowd, composed of twen-
ty-tivc resolute men, determined that the
devil should be punished with his own weap.
on, and pinioned him with pine sp]inters
around him, dispensed with chloroform,
and set him ablaze. Diligcnt search is be.
ing made for the other man, who will doubt.
less share the same fate if caught.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30

A SINGULAR report comes from Washing
ton, that the social influence of the army
neutralizes all attempts to reduce expenses
and inaugurate reforms, and that this infiu-
ence controls about twelve votes in the senate
alone.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30

General Grants gold and jeweled caskets,
received ut London and Dublin when he
was presented with the freedom Of those
cities, on exhibition alta bazar in Buffalo,
for the benefit of the Homeopathic Hospi-
tai of that city. The caskets were loaned
by George W. Childs, of Philadelphia, the
custodian of Grants treasures, at the re-
quest of an ardent friend of the General re-
siding at Buffalo.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30

of perfection, any more than telegraphy
and other electric wonders, but the adj
yances in that direction are such as to in
spire the strongest hopes that the electric
light is destined to supersede to great ex-
tent, all the other Illuminating agents, es-
pecially in the larger cities.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30

The commotion among the stock and
produce dealers occasioncd by a few fail
ures is not likely to assume the dimensions
of a general panic or financial revulsion.
1t is we'll enough for spectators to have an
occasional reminder that Legitimate bust
ness is not the safest, and for all classes to
understand the conditions Of permanent
prosperity.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30

THE biennial session reform is nearly ac-
complished. Thirty onc of the thirty eight
states have provided for biennial sessions,
and there is probability that nearly all will
follow the example in the course Of few
years. In twenty states the sessions Of the
legislatures are limited, in most of them to
sixty DAYS or less.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1880-12-30

The supreme court Of the United States
has rendered the important decision that an
individual shareholder of an insolvent ma
tional bank cannot be compelled to pay more
than his full proportional share Of the
banks liabilities in order to make good the
deficiency caused by the inability Of stock
holders to pay their proportionatc share.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-07
DARK HORSES.

milkman at ball, wearing pair of pumps, is too much for the good nature of society.
 A bunch of American shingles which was washed ashore on the Island of Madagascar was put to popular use. Two hundred and fifty children were accommodated.
 Professor-"Can any one tell us the origin of the expression Go to ?" Embryo Minis ter Perhaps there was something more to it once, and they left it off because it didn't sound we'll" couple of soldiers of the Salvation Army approached Philadelphia broker recently and asked 'EHow is it with you my friend ?'' q am short on Reading, y replied the broker New Orleans Picayune.
 The supply of water was cut of in Norris town for one day recently to allow repairs about the water works, and two-thlrds of the citizens did not know 1t. Strong drink Is raging.-Oil City Derrick
 The chap who grumbles so loudly when his wife asks him to put up the clothes hne is generally the first one to rush upon the stage and be half an hour tying female me dium into the cabinet-Norwich Star. 'It looks like the scene of great battle, :" remarked traveller, viewing the work of recent cyclone in the vest ''Yes," said the native solemnly and without removing his pipe; "the place was tux by storm. ."-Bos- tou 1fduScrlpC
 Of the late Bishop Ames the following anecdote is related: While presiding over certain conference in the West, member be- gan tirade against the universities and edu- cation, thanking God that he had never been corrupted by contact with college. After proceeding thus for few minutes, the bishop interrupted with the question, ''Do under stand that the brother thanks God for his ignorance ?' ''Well, yes," was the answer, you can put it that way if you want to- :" his sweet, musical tones, ''all have to say is that the brother has a great deal to thank God fnr D
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-07
DIR. LIGHTHILL NEW HAVEN. Deafness, Catarrh and Diseases of the Throat, Lungs, and Ner- yOuS System promptly relieved and perma- nently cured.
 NEW AND IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES.
 Dr. E. B. Lighthill from New York city, begs leave to give notice that yielding to the pressure of many earnest and repeated solici- tations to extend to the afflicted in this vicin- ity the benefit of his extensive experience and skill, has taken rooms at
 No. B College Street,
 Where hereafter he can be consulted on
Monday, Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday Ofeach
 week. as follows:

On Monday from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m.
 On Tuesday from 8 to 10 a. m.
 On Wednesday from 3:30 to p. m.
 On Thursday from 8 a. m to D. m
 Prepared to give his personal attention to the treatment and cure of Deafness Catarrh, and Diseases of the Throat, Lungs and Ner- vous System.
 For upward of twenty-five years Dr. Light hill has been at the head of an extensive met ropolitan practice, devoted exclusively to the relief and cure of those important ailments, and it is with pardonable pride that he refers to the extraordinary success which attended his efforts. His recent discoveries are of the highest practical importance, renderingtreat- ment so effectual that relief is experienced at once, and permanent cures are often effected in the most stubborn and aggravated cases and it is one of the happy features of his practice that the applications cause neither pain nor distress, and can be readily admin istered to the most timid or nervous person. A candid opinion will invariably be given as to the possibilities of a cure, and no case will be accepted for treatment which does not pre- sent reasonable chance for success
 In evidence of the success of his practice, Dr. Lghthin takes pleasure in submitting the following testimonials. mass of similar credentials may be seen at his office.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-07
THE BALLOTING.


 Much to the disappointment of those who hoped tAat 'the agony'' would end with the week, the Chicago Convention adjourned Saturday night without taking ballot. The battle reopens this forenoon, and may be de- cided to-day, though this of course depends on the number of ballots it becomes necessa- " to take In 1876 President Hayes was nominated on the seventh ballot. In the Democratic convention of 1852 there were forty nine ballots, and in the Whig conyen- ton of the same year there were ifty-three ballots. In the Democratic convention that nominated Douglass in 1860 there were fifty seven. Senator Hoar is represented as ex- pecting at least one hundred ballots this week, and after the previous performances of the convention it would not be surprising if the balloting were much protracted. It certainly will be if there is as much or half as much sticking" as has been promised
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-07
From the Rev. D. J. Clark.


 Pastor Congregational Church, East Ha-
 ven, Conn.
 It affords me great pleasure to add my tes- timony to that of others in favor of Dr. Lighthills success in the cure of catarrh Bis treatment of my wife has proved so ben eficial that cheerfully recommend him to the confidence of the afflicted The catarrh in the case of my wife was of long standing and in it's worst form, against which many remedies had been tried in vain. The very first treatment applied by Dr. Lighthin per- manently removed some of the most trouble some features and the results ever since have been of the most gratifying character Our people may congratulate themselves on hav- ing at their command the services of physi- clan so skillful as pr. Lighthin in the treat ment of that troublesome disease, catarrh
 D. J. CLARK.
Morning journal and courier., 1880-06-07

had omitted to let the child out of the dead house before going home. He hastened to unclose the door, when shocking spectacle met his gaze Crouched in a corner, with glassy eyes fixed in death stare of horror, and blood stained lips, bitten through and through in convulsive agony, was fifth corpse, that of his unfortunate victim. The hapless child had been literally frightened to