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Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-16
Concerning tho prolific character of
Dakota soil, the Huron Times discourses

Ono lesson has been learned this season in re-
spect 20 the cultivation of vegetables, The old
rules for planting will not apply here US else
Wherc-m0re feet of ground are required per
portions that this change from orthodox farm
ing il rendered necessary, We have heard of
whole acres in which turnips developed amaz-
another and then such crowding ensued as
seemed to knit the productions of the whole
field into one massive turnip which overlappcd
the adjoiniI prairles on the outer edges, dug
deeper into the ground and rose up steadily
and with majestic force to such size as gave il
the appearance-to one viewing it from afar--
of vast area of elevated table land, sur
mounted with heavy, green and Topping YER
dure. The farmers will be wise if they hercaf-
ter give their vegetables more room.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-16

Alexandra, Nov. l6-The sanitary COM
missioner has been informed that 300
persons died Of cholera in Mecca on the
9th inst. The epidemic has broken out
ct Diiddsh.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-16
Parker Era: Dakota is nearing state
hood. There il no reason why she
should not take of her territorial dress
and be clothed in the robes OF state.

The following mail routes from Madi-
son will be let in January next: Madi.
son 70 volga; Madison to Huron; Madi-
son to Forrestburg; Madison to Parker,
and from Sioux Falls to Madison.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-16
Horrible Murder of . Yeune GlrL


Chicago, Nov. l6.-At ten O'Clock last
evening the headless body Of Miss Ellen
Kesner was found at place known a.
Wabash railroad and Seventeenth street,
in Englewood. Marks on the person Of
the deceased plainly indicated foul play.
She was twenty years Of age. prepossess
ing, educated in the east and was attend.
ing normal school in Englewood. She
Was regarded as young lady of brilliant
prospects. Upon learning the fact the
town became greatly excited and bands
of residents went ont in every direction
to get clue of the murderer. Miss Kas.
ner has been acting strangely Of late and
the common remark was. Something is
preying on Ellen's mind" Last night
she retired as usual, but subsequently
rose, dressed herself and going to the
room Of the superintendent wife, com.
planned of feeling ill. She was sent back
by that lady. but instead Of going to her
room, went out on the street and at ten
o'clock her body was found secreted in
the woods by two students, w. s. Pat
rick and w. s. Warner. Both arms and
legs we're broken and several cuts on the
body made with knife. The head lay
some distance from the body and parts
of the hands and feet we're scattered in
the grass, indicating that the murder had
deposited his burden hurriedly and He'd
Over the left nipple was knife wound
but not sufficient to cause death. The
thigh and abdomen were badly discolor'
ed, carrying the impression of an out.
rage. Two men in the garb of tramps
were seen at eleven o'clock rapidly walk
ing alongWentworth avenue, but though
pursued by the excited citizens, they es
capped. This morning the citizens threat
en- to deal summarily with the murdere
or murderers if found. The town of LAX
police think the girl was run over by a
incoming train.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-16

Postmaster General Hattsn to-day de.
cided that publishers Of matter admitted
to the mails as second Glass may print
upon the side Of postal card intended
for communicating bills. receipts and or.
ders for subscriptions TO their publica-
tion or publications, and may also print
the address Of such publisher upon the
address side Of the card and enclose the
same in the second class matter.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-16

Undsrwrit-rs' Convention.
New York, Nov. l8.-The national con-
vention Of united fire underwriters of
America, convened this morning.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-16
Wsshington News.
CABINET RUNORs.

Washington. Nov. l6-A report il cur.
rent that Secretary Lincoln will shortly
retire voluntarily from the cabinet; that
Hon. Emory Storrs will be the new at
torney general, and Ex-senator Chaffee
of Colorado, will succeed Kirkwood q
secretary OF the interior. Chauncy 1
Filley is mentioned as postmaster gen.
eral; Gen. Longstreet a. secretary Of the
navy, and Gen. Beale a. secretary Of
war.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-16

Our stock Of Wall Paper is complete
Call and exAmim before purchasing.
Mills l. PuRDY.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-16
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH

NEW YORK.
New York, Nov. 10.
WaEAT.Moderate,.ac active, lower; No. red,
$l.AAG$l.45S December; S1.EAg1.4sl., Janu-
ary; $l.5OaSl.5l February.
CoRN-Irregular; Mixed western spot 6Oa8sc;
future u 1s@75c.
OArs-Lower. Western 47@s5c. No. . No
vember 47hc; 49, December; 491s January;
0PoRK-Dull, new sl7.D
LARD-LoWef,
Chicago. Nov. l8.
WHKAT-Lower' $l.2s0 l.2sk cash; Al 2S
November: 81 ~ December; $l.0sLSOis bid
for January.
OoRM-Wesk. lower 5sa0ss,s cash; 5s,s Novem-
Der; :oS December; eOkc January: 6+s84I
OATs-Weak: 4shc cash November; 4sac
December; 4sk bid fur May.
RYR-00c.
BARLxY-$l.06!i.
WHlsKY-$1.N.
ls:.5 December; Si7.aal7 Is January: ~
LA1D-Weak, easier. .&ll.117 each.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-16
188 Il. FALL AND WISTER.-- 1881.
Chas. .Hsisennan

Respectfully desires 10 announce to
the. public that his fai! and winter
stock is now complete, and will be
sold at bottom prices.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-16
Moody County Enterprise: There are

Moody County Enterprise: There are
excellent prospects that Flandrau will
next season have tow mill for the man
ufacture of twine from fax straw. Cor
respondence is now being carried on
with q gentleman OF Ohio who is en-
gagged in that business with view to
putting in mill at this point Such a
mill will prove very advantageous to
both the town md the county. 1t would
mako q market for the large amount OF
fax straw that now goes to waste. The
farmers can trade off their flax straw for
twine to do their binding, and the profits
Of the manufacturing will be kept at
homo. The immense amount of twine
that will be consumed in biudingi grain
will make local demand for oil the pro-
ducts of large mill and thus assure the
profit of such an undertaking.
The department Of agriculture reports
the cotton yield considerably below Inst
year. The decrease in Louisiana is 30
per cent; in Texas, 40; Arkansas, 60:
North Carolina, 80. In South Carolina,
Georgia and Mississippi it is only little
below last year. Wheat, average yield
per acre in 1881. l0h bushels against l3
1-1O last year; decrease, % per cent or
one hundred million bushels. The seyele
winter, late cold spring, drouth and
ravaRes of insects caused Qrent falling
of in several interior western states. but
the quality is very good. Corn. Novcm.
ber returns, average yield, 2o1s bushels
to the acre. falling off Of 25 per cent.
caused chiefly by general and protraoted
drouth during the growing season, and
BY excessive rains since the crop was
harvested. Quality somewhat below
average.
Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1881-11-16
incorporated J.n'y I,ls75.
Excelsior Mill Com j

D. T. BRAMBLE, WIN. MINER
FL VAN TAsSEL. secretary.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-23
THE WAY TO SPOIL NEWSPAPERS

GOOD -natured editing" says some
wise man. "spoils half the papers in the
United States" Yea, verify. "Will
you please publish the poetry l send"
says one; sit is my first effOrt;" and
some crude lines go in, to encourage
budding genius.
"Our church is in great peril" says
another; twill you publish our ap-
peals =" and long, dolorous plea is in
serted. MY father took your paper for
twenty years." writes another; II think
you ought to publish the resolutions
passed by the session of the Big Brake
church when he died." and in go reso-
buttons of no interest to large majority
our readers.
Il am particularly anxious that the
views l present should go before the
church this week" Out go cOvey OF
small, pithy contributions, to make room
for three columns from pondcrous d.
d.
There is an immediate necessity for
the exposure of one who is bitter
enemy to the TRUTH" writes another, AZ
he sends an attack upon an antagonist
which will fill an entire page. Il am
about to publish book, identifying the
Great Image of brass, iron and clay, and
l would be obliged TO you to publish the
advance sheets of the fifth chapter
which herewith enclose TO you"
"Why do you not publish in full Rs
great speech in the general assembly? Il
would increase your circulation largely
of you will publish the sermon trans
nit to you. l will take eight extra
copies !" 1.-The church must be aroused
ON the subject of foreign missions, ,
says a pastor, as he forwards the half o.
lsis last Sabbath's serVices-a goOd-na
tured editor surrenders TO them ut once
and they go away happy. utterly uncOn
scious that they have helped to spoil thu
paper.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-23
THRILLING EXHIBITION OF NERVE 81
4 HOUSE PAINTER.
From the Cincinnati Commercial.

Bernard KOehler and Fritz Hisgen,
two house paiuters, yesterday began
painting large house at Belts street and
Central avenue Three O'Clock in the af-
ternoon found them close up under the
caves of the house, and sixty-five feet
from the ground. They had just finish
ed the surface within reach, and had
started to lower the scaffOld a few feet.
When the required distance had been
reached, Hisgen called to his partner TO
hang on to the rope until he (HisgeR)
tied his own when he would come over
and perform a like service for him.
own knot, when Koehler cried out
"Come over quick; can't hold It."
Hisgen, as quickly as possible, started
across the aerial bridge, but had not
gone two steps when lac saw the man let
90 his hold, and felt the ladder give way
beneath his feet As he began TO fall,
in the energy of desperation he, with
both hands, grasped the almost smooth
| top of the fourth story window cornice,
and there hung in the air, distance OF
sixty feet from the pavement. He then
gave an exhibition of nerve that terrified
| every one who saw it. Placing the toe
| of one boot against the window name
he gave his body a slight pendulum NO.
tion away from the house. A second push
gave him better impetus, and as he
| swung ON the return toward the window
| he released his hold and went crashing
through the glass safely to the floor OF
the fourth-story room, from whence be
Immediately looked out through the
aperture he had made to see what had
become of his companion. Koehler had
not been quite so fortunate. As he went
shooting through the air he caught the
hanging rope with both hands and les
sened his speed all the way down at The
expense of all the cuticle Of his palms
which was burned off by the friction
He landed in q sitting posture On the
| sidewalk, and was taken TO the hospital
| with pair of very sore hips.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-23


1t seems impossible that the inventor
of the first railway locomotive was born
but u hundred years ago. The celebra-
tion OF the centennial birthday of Geo.
Stephenson throughout England, June
9th, impresses the world with an almost
Over2Owering sense OF the prodigiOus
progress of the age. Il was in July, 1914,
that Stephenson constructed his first
successful locomotive, and tho practical
utility Of his invention has not much
exceeded half 8 century. In that
brief time all the railways
Of the world have been created and
their innumerablc locomotives put in
motion. To annihilste the railway loco
motive would now paralyze the worlds
commerce, and yet fifty years ago the
railway locomotive was almost unknown.
What possible change can the next half
century bring to compare with the last
But. astounding as has been the work Of
the locomotive, the substitution of cleo
tricity for steam as a motive power upon
railways. may effect results which may
seem almost as amazing, at the end of
the next fifty years, as those which
Stephenson's invention has now wrought.
Nothing is too great TO be expected in
view Of what has already happened.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-23

New York Herald: The deadlock up
at Albany may be very interesting
performance. and, as the Bradley bust
ness goes TO prove. very profitable
thing for the politicians; but it is be
coming . very serious matter tor the peO-
pie who have TO foot the bills. An esti-
mate made by q correspondent few
days ago shows that the expenses Incl
dent to this wesrisOme joint convention
business amount TO about fifteen hundred
dollars per day, or between ten and elev-
en- thousand dollars q week. This
Is, Of course. n first class ar.
rangement for the political GOths OF
the interior OF the State, who consider
that the State owes them a living and
who are determined to obtain it from
the State in one way or another. The
longer the deadlock the better they like
II, and they would be only too happy If
Il could he made to last all the year
round. All this money, IL must be re-
membered, goes to the army of clerks,
dOorkeepers and messengers who hang
around the Senate and Assembly. 1t is
reckless, objectionable waste of the
peoples money, and It should be, in
some way, brought to an end as soon as
possible. Let US have an election or an
adjournment t.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-23
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

Tilden says he wouldn't have a seat
in the senate if he could get IT unani.
mously.
There is well defined suspicion in
the public mind that Mr.. ConklIng is
not quite happy.
General Grant seems to be uncommon.
ly slow about getting to Albany. Has
he lost confidence in himself or in Mr.
Conkling?
Secretary Window has given MIR. Pit
ney the bounce, not deeining it expcdient
just now to attach a carpet factory or q
chandlery to the Treasury Department
Mr.. Conkling stumbled over rock.
ing chair in a room at the Delavan
House the other evening, and Tom Plat
swOre until he could he heard six blocks
away.
Il see the cartOOnists are representing
MIR. Conkling as man who has lost his
head, but as long rs l am alive he will
always have devoted tail-piece."-
T. Plat.
Bradley is said To IKE in search of But.
Ter for counsel. He is the man for the
Conklingites, for lac is an expert in the
business they are now engaged in
throwing mud at ihe Republican party.
Vice President Wheeler may not be
the most brilliant man in the country,
but he is a sound man with no foolish.
ness" about his composition. and THE
NEWS would not regret to see him elect.
ed senator.
1t is recorded that Lucia, a celebra-
ted Roman actress, played in public as
late as her 112th year. This is the most
remarkable case of longevity in histIion-
&c annals, with the possible exception OF
Clara Louise Kellogg.
Henry Watterson, of the Louisville
Courier Journal, is of the opinion that
the Democrats can carry Ohio at the
election in October on the tariff ques.
ton, by taking strong ground in favor
of free trade. If the Democracy of the
Buckeye state are painting for political
Waterloo they will seize upon that adj
vice with great avidity.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-23
THE COUF TRY GETTING RICH

THE COUF. TRY GETTING RICH.
Trade rep6 Tts continue to show "a graf
flying balaJ zee in favor of this country
as the result Of its commerce with other
nations, Official figures for ten months
Of the current fiscal year, says the New
York Mercantile Journal, place our i'm
pnrtAtions of merchandise at $542, 10,
900 as compared with $542, $50. 600 in the
corresponding months of last year. This
year We have received in ten months
$1O7 10000 OF specie from abroad as
compared with 800, 4sO, 900 in the same
time last year. The ten months ex-
ports of merchandise are valued at STA
10000, against $697 ,94OO 600 for the pre-
ceeding year-an increase of
$40 $4,000 - while the shipments
of specie were $15,O3OOOO against
$l4. lS0, GOO last year. The exports of
merchandise for the ten months exceed
the imports by $246,6 900. the excess
for the like period Of 1S79-SO being only
1856, 900. The exports Of goods and
specie combined exceed the imports of
both classes by 1888, sec, 600, against q
surplus last year of 7s.9sO,OOO. The
net import of gold and silver has been
$92, $50 900. against $40. 300. coo last year.
Putting the specie movement aside, the
excess OF our merchandise exports over
imports has been at the rate of almost
twenty-five million dollars per month.
Such q rate of income ought to make
the country rich in few years.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-23

New York Times: The Conkling
men express great concern about the
danger TO the state of electing the attor-
ney of the Central railroad as United
States senator. While We arc no adVo-
cate Of Mr.. Depew's candidacy, 1t seems
q trifie ridiculous to find it assailed from
such a quarter. Did Mr.. Conkling
never hold brief for the Central rail
road? Has he not made a very comforta.
BILE income for the last six months out OF
fees paid him by railroad monopolists,
and Ii he not the retained advocate of q
paper-made corporation created fOr the
special purpose Of making the people
pay dividends on stock which represents
nothing but the greed OF a handful Ol
speculatOrs Where was Mr.. COnkline
when the confirmation OF Stanley Mat
thews was at the mercy of a single ad
verse vote. and what vote of his in thu
SENATE can be recalled to show that he Il
on the side Of the people as against tn
I mnnopOlists? Is there q prominen
Conkllng man In the legislature who ha
been distinguished for his advocacy O
the railroad bills or of any of the meas
ures introduced during the last few year
to restrain the power of corporations
The Conkling objections to Depew ar
simply an exhibition Of hypOcritica
cant.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-23

Daniel Webster. travelling, had the
night stage from Baltimore TO Washing.
ton, with no companion save the driver,
and contemplated that worthy's forbid.
ding visage with very uneasy mind
He had nearly reasoned his suspicious
fears away, when they came to the dark
woods between BledensbuFg and Wash.
ington, when Mr.. Webster felt the cour
age oozing out Of his fingertips as be
thought what fitting place il was FOL
q murder Suddenly the driver turned
toward him and roughly demanded hii
name. Il was given. Then he wanted r.
know where he was going. ITO Wash
| ingtOn- l am q Senator" said Daniel
expecting his first thoughts were neal
realization. The driver grasped him b.
| the hand, saying: ''How glad / am
| mister, to hear thati I've been badlJ
| scared for the last hour, for when
looked at you felt sure you was high
waymzn."
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-23
ESTABLISHED IN 1857.

the Democratic party. He then came to
this state and devoted all his energies TO
bespattering the Republican President
and the Republican Secretary Of state
with lies and ISLANDERS, going far beyond
all Democratic efforts in that direction.
His own legislature, elected TO do his
bidding, declined to approve his course
by rejoicing him. Whereupon he turns
upon the legislature and brings against
them 9 sweeping charge Of bribery. In
this, too, he totally eclipses the regula'
ton Democratic slanderers. No Demo
Graf has been UNANIMOUSLY partisan enough
10 charge that a Republican candidate
for United states Senator owed his ma
jority vote in the legislature TO bribery
IL has remained for the man who called
himself the chief Of all the stalwart Re
publicans 70 do that.
The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1881-06-23
PROSPERITY IN STORE FOR
THE SOUTH,

New York Herald: In a recent in.
terVieW Mr.. Edward Atkinson, who has
gwen much study to the material re-
sources of the south, called public atten-
ton 10 two things that are likely TO prove
extraordinary agencies in advancing the
agricultural prosperity Of the southern
states. A serious difficulty that plant
ers and farmers have had to contend
against there is the fact that 1t has cost
three times as much to feed n mule or
other animal as to support field hand.
One OF the things mentioned by Dir.
Ing the hulls from cotton seed and cut
ting up the Ieat and stock of the plant in
such away ~ TO convert into nutritious
animal food what z few years ago was
almost wholly wasted. One result will
be u supply of food for from twenty
million % forty million sheep. This
number ef sheep means from seventy
five million 10 one hundred and fifly
million pounds Of wool year, which in
turn means an annual addition of from
twenty-five tn fifty million dollars direct
" 20 southern wealth besides the vast in
direct gains that must follow. There is
little doubt that wool can be made a
staple second only 10 cotton in the south,
and there is reason TO believe that it is
destined to become 80. Since the war
the southern WOOL product has increased
At a remarkable rate In Texas, the
greatest Of the wool producing states
south, the clip has run up from six mil
lion pounds In 1866 to twenty mil.
lion pounds in 1880. In the other Gull
States there has been an increase oil
morp than fiYe-fald in the product By
following up this progress and pushing
on into the field of wooden manufactures
the south may achieve results that mus
add wonderfully to its material prOsperi
~ and wealth.
| The other thing OF which Mr.. Atkin
son speaks il q newly discovered fore
called ensilage for restoring exhauste1
soils and developing productive powe'
In his opinion it will prove the mean
81 EejuVcnAting the south and Of sup
plying what IL has greatly needed
/ namely. succulens food during the len
hot, dry season that is essential TO tn
: cotton crop. The practical value OF IN
| discovery Is 10 be tessed 81 the comm
cotton exhibition in Atlanta, and shout
i | its virtues prove TO be what they Al
J. claimed to be IL must open up ne
: era In agriculture and work untold q
r vantages, not only for the south, but ais
a other parts Of the country.