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treasury. The total amount of specie hold by
the banks on that day was 1922, 628, 562,
which is ST., 500, 600 more than at tho date
Of the last previous statement On the 18th of
March, and $40, 600, 900 more than on the
banks is 'esss 6sa so % o saS
and So, OOO, 900 of silver. OF the gold coin
$44 zoo, 900 are composed Of gold clearing
house certificates, aud 81, 35l 900 Of gold
Emitted States treasury certificates OF silver
titicates The banks also hold $40, 561 ,206
of legal tender notes, of which So: O45, 900 are
treasury certificates This is the largest
amount Of specie ever held by the national
banks of the country.
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THE HUTCHINSON HOMICIDE.
Particulars Of the Killing OF James E. Cbesley
bv Charles Havs


by Charles Hays.
Charles ". Hays called Deacon Hays, has
carried on the farm of the deceased for some
years, and the business relations between then,
have not been pleasant. The division OF
the grain, which they were about to thresh,
was settled upon by a board of arbitra-
the decision. Threshing had commenced and
the division of grain begun by Mr. Chesley
taking ono load to Hays two. Hays, while on
thu straw stack taking away str W, accused
Chesley Of taking the dryest Wheat Cheslev
denied the charge, whereupon Hays called him
vile names: using very profane language
C1esley turned upon Hays, who warned him
not to come upon the stack. which Chesicy uld
not heed, whereunon Hays struck Chesley with
pitchfork twice, the second blow knocking
him down. When they were separated Ches-
ley had rcgaired his feet, and hold Of he tinee
of the fork While Hays held the handle. Mr.
On osley was not thought dangerously hurt at
first, but was taken to his home in tie village
of hutchinson A short time after the injured
man began to complain of sharp pains III his
head, until alont s O'Clock Saturday afternoon,
when he died.
The verdict of the jury WAS that James i.
Chcsley came to his death from blows with
pitch fork, in the HAMS Of Charles ". Hays:
Hays was placed under arrest. The deceased
was one OF the oldest, wcaltliest and most re-
spccted citizens, having settled in Hutchinson
IN its very early days aud was we'll known over
the country He leaves wife and scve:
children In good circumstances. He had in
surance on his life for So. 90 in two reliable
companies. Charles W. Hays has wife and
four children in poor circumstance. having
lived on rented land since he lived in Hutchir-
son on Chcsleys farnl-some three years. He
came to Hutchinson about ten years ago, hay
ing been absent south from 1875 TO 1873.
fat minister
Charles, on account of that or his profanity,
was nicknamed ''dcacon." Both were from
one town in New Hampshire and well acquaint-
cd with each other in the East
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department of Dakota are transferred from st.
Paul, Mimi to Fort.Snelling, MINI.
W. H. Grant and Francis X. Brosseau, of St.
Paul, who wero indicted five years ago with
Grace Greenwood's husband. Mr.. Lppincott,
formerly clerk in the land Office under Com
missioner Drummond, for conspiring to de-
fraud the United States out of Sioux half breed
scrip and land titles, have been acquitted The
trial was by jury before the supreme court Of
| the District Of Columbia. ~
FOREIGN NEWS NOTES.
At Kingston, Ont, June q, Jos. Comins and
wife wer' killed while driving, coming In COL
lision with another wagon.
A disturb ance has occurred at Bally, Brophy
county, Ireland. One man was shot dead and
others wounded by bailiff, who with his three
sons has been arrested.
The lord chancellor of England rules that
the revised New Testament shall not be read
in the English church until it has been recon-
mended or authorized by some competent au-
thority.
Dublin Dispatch Farrell, chairman Of town:
Commissioner Mulligan, West Meath, and
president of the branch of the land league, and
Mr. Twite, secretary of the branch, we're ar
rested under the coercion act.
In the house of commons, Dixie, the under
foreign secretary, in giving conformation OF
the announcement of the settlement OF tho
Fortune Bay dispute, added: ut has also
been agreed to como to an agreement relative
to the fishery regulations.
Political Notes and News.
The Iowa greenback convention, held at
Marshalltown on the I'd, nominated D. NJ. Clark
of Wayne county, for governor, by
a large majority. J. NJ Holland of Hem
ry county. was nominated for lieutenant gov
ernor, and A. D. Dobney of Madison county,
for supreme judge. Mrs. Mary E. NASH, Of
Des Moines was nominated for superintendent
Of public instruction, which created great TIL
multi and objection by many delegates.
A New Orleans dispatch says: Gen. Grant
is greatly irritated over the Conkling affair,
and eagerly reads the dispatches. He says
Conklirg has been ahamefully treated, and
should b. reelected. He thinks the newspaper
abuse of Conkling is instigated by White House
i>flu ence but not by Garfield. He reaf1irms
bis letter to Senator Jones, but will take no
hand in the fight.
The Virginia readjuster (Mahone) convention
nominated COL W. E. Cameron for governor,
ex-senator John L. Lewis for lieutenant gov
ernor; Capt Blair of Wright county for attor-
ney general. The platform favored free
schools; tho Riddleberger bill to settle state
debt; uniform taxation; and upholds free
ballot, and denounces the capitation tax
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THE CIGARETTE VICE.

A Filthy Fashion That is sappiDg the Life of
the Youth of America-What Physicians
Suy About it.
The Philadelphia Times devotes good
deal of space to the cigarette vice, which is
of very recent and of very rapid growth, in
which are given the views of leading ply
sicians. All agree substantially with the
following: "About half the cases of nervous
breakdown in men," said DIR. Horatio G.
Wood, are the result of the use of tobacco,
and the use of tobacco is much worse for
boys than it is for men.
There is peculiar action of the heart
caused by the excessive use of tobacco,
known as the tobacco heart which the
elder DR.. Pepper made special study of
and used to lecture upon. have no pos
tive information ON the subject, but be-
lieve cigarettes are the worst form in which
tobacco is used, and I believe that their
sale to boys was prohibited in France. In
addition to the poison in the tobacco the
cigarette smoker absorbs certain amount
of the empyreuInatic oil of paper, which is
m irritant to the mucous membranes, caus-
ing catarrh. But this is not the worst eff
feet. The action of the heart is depressed
and the whole system debilitated. Official
proved that the cigarette smoking students
were much behind tho others. These vital
defects are sure te be transmitted to the
offspring.
Dir. j. NJ. Da Costa, who is very high
authority on all nervous diseases, said he
had been called upon in his practice to stop
cigarette smoking by a great many boys
who have indulgent parents. He knew
of one case in which boys growth had
actually been stunted by excessive smoking.
II can do nothing better for you, said DR..
J. Soils Cohen, who confines his practice to
treatment of throat and lung diseases"
than to refer you to little book have
published on The Throat and the Voice.
Here say" said the doctor, taking up the
book from his table: If smoker is sub
iect to attacks of sore throat and is too
welded to his weed to divorce himself
from it, he should smoke q long stemmed
pipe in preference to any other continuance,
because it renders the smoke cooler by the
time it reaches the throat. The next safest
thing is to smoke a long cigar, not
much more than one half of which should
be used, because the remainder becomes
warmer and more loaded with the poison
GUS products of the combustion. A short
pipe is not Is safe as cigar and cigarette
is the most injurious of all.
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GEN. STEPHEN A. HURLRUT, nominated
to the Peruvian mission is brother of the
editor Of the New York World. The gen.
eral is stalwart republican while the edi-
tor is stalwart democrat. The same diff
ference in politics exists between the two
brothers, Roscoe and Frederick A. Conk-
ling. Brothers are more apt to divide up
on political than upon religious questions.
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The papers are firing parting shots at
general VIM. G. LIE Due, who will retire
from the agricultural bureau on the last day
of June, having been superseded by George
B. Loring of Massachusetts,. Notwith-
standing all the witticisms at Mr.. LIE Dues
expense, and these were freely bestowed
upon all his predecessors, the sober Sec
ond thought of the coun vii aard him
due praise for efficient management and
commendable efforts in behalf Of the agri-
cultural and other material intrests of the
country.
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RECORD OF CRIME.

At Laerdo, Mexico, Thomas Worth, an
American citizen, was killed by a Mexican po-
liceman An investigation is in progress.
Albert Williams (colored), convicted of the
murder of Maj. Hutchins, was executed at Iv-
ingston, Ala. He admitted the killing, expressed
sorrow and readiness to suffer the penalty.
At Ch1ppawa Falls the body of Charles
Jeroau was found floating in the Paint creek
dam. From appearances it had been in the
water = week, and from marks of violence on
the head and breast, foul play is apprehended.
At Gainesville, Ark, John Thompson shot
and killed deputy sheriffs Charles and Sam
Meredith and L. Krihlt, who attempted his ar
rest with warrant for carrying concealed
weapons. Thompson escaped into the terri
tory.
Ira Kinney, a respectable farmer living a
few miles west Of Whitewater. Wis, committed
suicide recently by throwing himself in a
pond of water near his house. A wound was
found in his stomach, which, it is surmised, he
made to hasten his death.
Holny Hull was shot and instantly killed at
Cynthania, Ky, by his brother in-law Alexan-
dor Oder. Hull married Oder's sister. Though
she died ten years ago, the two men have had
i'll feelings towards each other all that time,
growing out of a quarrel.
The awful mystery of the burning of the
Hemlock bridge on the Green Bay Il Minnesota
railroad has been in measure cleared up by a
CRITICAL investigation by Commissioner Turner.
1t seems that the bridge was either fired by an
incendiary or by passing locomotive.
At Monticello, Iowa. Jas. Hogan shot his
divorced wife six times, inhicting injuries
which are likely to prove fatal, and then shot
and killed himself She had obtained divorce
because he was bgamist, and he had threaten
ed to kill her because she refused to remarry
him.
Gov. Smith of Wisconsin has issued war
rant in obedience to requisition made by the
governor of Minnesota, directing the sheriff of
st. Croix to deliver to officer Nugent a woman
named Paulina johnson. Paulina is wanted by
the authorizes in Wright county, Mimi, to ap-
pear in prosecution for polygamy.
By the explosion of boiler at Gaffney
4 Co.'S dye works. at Kingston, Pennsylvania,
+. Dester was instantly killed. T. Harrison, an
employe, was taken out of the ruins dead, and
r. Bradley, a lad of four years, was killed by
flying debris. The others injured we're L. LeAr,
J. Harrison, A. Stevenson, j. Morrison, and
Nelly and Michael Duffy, children. The dye
works took fro afterwards and were destroyed.
One day last week John Fitzpalmer, former
ly messenger Of the Southern Express COM
pany, and H. King, baggageman of the Iron
Mountain road were seen in Texarkana. Tex,
wearing some very handsome and costly badges
set with diamonds and other precious jewels,
and boarin inscriptions, ahnung hat they had
been presented to Gen. Grant. The men were
drunk at the time and the badge, were taken
from them and they were arrested. 1t is sup
posed they robbed Gen. Grants trunks while
he was on the way to Mexico.
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man of the World, E. G. Stedman, Junius
Henri Browne, of the TfiJanc. and others
equally notable. These gentlemen would,
probably, never have been healSf, hsd5e
not been for the order of the W.T. depart
kment Requiring signatures to letters from
the seat of ,waE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS anon
kymouss systenasis advantageous t6 the own
Eers of newspapers, but the history of the
French, English and American press dtlr-
ing war times, shows that when the cores
pondent writes over his own name, he docs
better and moro reliable work
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FIRES AND OTHER CASUALTIES.

T1AELS AMI
Forty people were badly burned at Spring
field, Mass, by the explosion OF gasoline bar
rels.
The Washington foundry of Adams & Asher
wood, on Eagle street, st. Paul, was burned
last week.
At North Brookfeld, Mass, Mrs. Nellie Mur-
ply had her head cut off in an elevator at Batch
ellor's boot shop.
The badly decomposed bodies of Opsahl and
Jacobin, the victims of the st. Croix disaster,
have been found in Pages slough, near Arcola.
A dwelling house belonging to August Steihm,
about two miles from Hudson was struck by
lightning and burned, together wi h the house.
hold effects. Insured.
A fire at Vicksburg destroyed spenglers
large steam Touring mill, with valuable ma
chinery, lumber and ornamental woodwork.
spengler's loss is $4,000 insurance,
$4,000.
The Grove distillery, at Peoria, IA, owned by
Wolney Bros, was destroyed by fire. An en-
ploye named Henry Bronneck was killed by
falling walls, and Pat Keely, spirit runner, was
seriously burned. Loss, $3.50, 900; insurance,
$S,720.
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MARTIN f. CONWAY, the first represent
alive from Kansas in congress, for four
anda half years has been confined in a
lunatic hospital in Washington. Though
hopeless lunatic, he has written q letter.
urging his friends to secure for him the ap-
pointnent of consul at Cardiff, South
Wales, England, and expressing the belief
that if he could only be liberated from the
asylum he would be allowed to again enter
q career of usefulness
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TIE Chicago Tribune embo dies in an
editorial the results of the. recent investiga-
tons of the wheat situation. The conclu-
sious are that winter wheat this year will be
short one-third; that spring wheat will
yield this year 20 per cent. less than last;
and that we shall not have bushel of this
years crop for export. This is bad out
look, not only for American producers but
foreign consumers. 1t may brighten,
however as the season advances.
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MINNESOTA NEWS.

Items by Nail and Telegraph.
Peter Glorsaln, q Swede was drowned near
Waveriy,
With oae machine, Seymour, Sabin 4 Co.,
of Saltwater, are making brick at the rate of
1875 per minute.
An eight year-old daughter of Edward Boyer
was drowned at Reads Landing, the body be-
ing discovered soon after.
During the month of April 4, 452 barrels of
| beer were manufactured in St. Paul, and 49,
l73 in the entire second district.
Dr. Mayo of Rochester, on bis sixty -second
birthday, was presented by bis neighbors and
friends with a complete set of Wilson's orni-
thology, costing Sl1O
The social event Of the season at Spring
Valley, was the marriage Of Geo. r. Farmer,
son Of Judge Farmer, to Minnie w., daughter
of n. 3. Smith, of the Commercial house, Rev.
T. F. Allen officiating.
Appleton Press:-The fish at Artichoke lake
have all died from the effects of the past win
ter Immense quantities of dead fish have
washed ashore which were obliged to be hauled
away to prevent sickness in the neighborhood
Architect Burlington J as arranged the plan
of tho new capitol at 81. Paul so az to bring it
| in tho exact center Of the square This will
put the Wabasha street front about twenty five
feet back Of the line Of that wing of the old
building.
The LeSueur Sentinel learns that wolves
have recently been very destructive to sheep lH
tho upper part of Kasota township, as well az
in tue lower part of tie county. 1t is believed,
however, that within the past few years dogs
have killed more sheep than wolves.
At St. Peter, the large stone brewery owned
ly Mr. Engesser fell with crash that awakened
tie sleepers in that vicinity in short order:
During the flood the water washed the sand
! rock on which it stood from under it. and the
! lower floor gave way and let large quantity of
barley into the water. Mr.. Engeseer partly re-
paired the damage; but the building had been
more undermined than was supposed, and last
| night walls and all tumb!ed.
William Tucker of New Auburn, Sibley cou2
ty, son of Mrs. E. C. Tucker, shot himself with
revolver inflicting a not very dangerous
| wound The cause of the affair is said to be a
| love affair, he having formed attachment
for the daughter of Mr.. Henry Bailey, and his
attentions to her meeting with opposition from
stated He will recover from his wound, and
the girl ought to recover from her halluc1na-
| tion az we'll.
At Kasson, on Saturday night, tie lightning
struck the barn of c. X Stewart and it was to-
tally destroyed by fire; loss $500 and no iR-
| surance. His son-in-law also loses 500 worth
of personal property The citizens managed to
save another barn six feet from the one destroy
| 3D. During the fire the American house barn
| was struck and damaged to the extent of i25.
| VIM Blurts house was struck but no damage
| done. large tree in front of J. Il. kasson' g
| house was struck. His son had just started
| for the fire and had got under the tree when
| the lightning struck it. He was knocked III
sensible, but was brough' too by the rain which
was pouring down in torrents
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cxtatic. delight over the triumph of the
American horse Iroquois at the Derby races
in England. In our large cities, especially,
exultation is almost unbounded Men
who never owned horse, nor enough
money to buy one, shout as loudly as
wealthy sportsmen, who think nothing of
winning or losing moderate fortunes on
the race track
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what science has done for mankind, cen
entertain any doubt of the inealculable bene-
fits which will hereafter be derived from ply
siology, not only by man butsfhe, leNefs
animals. Look, for instance, at Pasteur's
results in modifying the germs fthe most
malignant diseases, from which animals
will, in the first place, receive more relief
than man." 81 H. r. -
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NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.

NEWS FROM WASHINGTON.
Senator Jackson, of Tennessee, has bought
the Vermont avenue house of Secretary Win
dom.
The president has abandoned his proposed
trip to Hartford to attend the reunion Of the
Army Of the Potomac, and also to West Point
The president appointed Addison Brown of
New York United States judge for the South
ern district of New York, vice Choate, re-
signed 1872 80
Secretary Kirkwood has refused to reinstate
G. E. Gilmore of Washington, debarred by Sec
Rotary Schurz as a practicing attorney before
tho interior department.
Mrs. Miller, wife of Senator Miller of Cali
fornia, and daughter, went down to Annapolis
last week, where they. will remain until after
the graduating exercises. Senator Miller is a
member of the board Of VISITORS to the nava
academy. j.. Z. s.. -:.*..
Under authority Of the secretary Of war,
communicated in letter from the headquarters
Of the army. adjutant generals office, dated
February -. 1881, the headquarters Of the
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-06-09

The decrease of the National debt dur
ing the month of May amounted to SILL
l5O,721. The total debt at the present time,
deductine cash in tho treasury, is 81 1858, =
DOL OH
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Secretary Stanton and the War Cor
respondents.

It is interesting to recoliect that during
our civil war, in order to fix responsibility,
Secretary Stanton required that every let
ter from the front should be signed with
the writer's name, The effect Of this or
|; der was to develop number Of very clever
writer's, who achieved q distinction Of their
own, quite apart from the journals they
served. Among these were Whitelaw Reid.
of the Cincinnati Gazette, Thomas w.
Knox Of the Herald, George Allied Town
send, jerome 3. Stillsoa and Richard Qo]e-
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NEW YORK SENATORSHIP.
Tie Caucusing The Votes in the legislature.
Conkljng and Plat Much Weaker Than Sup

pOScu.
On Monday evening, 3Oth the Conkling, eau
Gus numbered only SO out OF LOG republi-
can members. The administration men, 81 in
number, held conference this evening and
passed resolutions declaring that under no cir
cumstances would they support either Coz king
or Platt Thirteen others, making 20 in all,
sent in their pledges to vote first, last, and all
the time, against Conkling and Plat.
On Tuesday, 31st, at IL O'Clock, the speaker
Of the assembly announced that under the Or
der of the house it would now proceed to vote
for United States senator in place of Conkling,
resigned. Each member as his name was
called named his candidate. The vote stood
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Cain in the National Banks.

O"4n III eAO AH"SAVAsA A"'inos
An abstract Of report of the national hanks,
showing their condition on the eth OF May, has
just been completed by the conboller Of tho
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In letter written by Mr.. Charles Darwin
to Prof. Holmgren on vivisection, he says:
mo one, unless be is grossly ignorant OF
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Faculty of the State University.

At a meeting of the regents of the state uni
versity of Minnesota last week, the following
faculty was elected for the ensuing year:
President-W. W. Folwell.
Professor of Greek Language an Literature
-Jabez Brooks
Professorkof Mathematics and Astronomy
John +. Donney.
Professor of Geology and Minerology, an in
charge Of the Geological and Natural History
Survey-W H. Winchell
Nonresident Professor of Public Health-C.
N. Hewitt.
Professor of Modern Languages-J: c.
Moore.
Professor of English Language AID Ltera-
ture-Moses Marston
Professor Of Geology, Mineralogy and Biol
ogy-C. W. Hall.
Assistant Professor of Creek. c. Hutchin-
son.
Assistant Professor of Latin-John S. Clark
Professor of Mental and Moral Philosophy
and History-A 7. Ormond.
Professor of French Language and Ltera-
ture-Charles w. Benton.
Professor of Agriculture D. POI
ter.
Miss Maria l. Sanford was elected pr ofessor
of elocution and rhetoric.
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and
Physics-W T. Pike.
Professor of Chemistry-J. A. Dodge.