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oxohabIIity that the New We'la'd
Canal Witt Be Opened
Sept. |.
.,,,,ost sailor Hero-Thc Body
Of tho Engineer Of tho
Ward Recovered.
..,u,a Tho Lakes-Arrivala and Depart
'' soellaneous Along
the Docks, .
IAKE FREfGHTs.

~" rIth az cents on corn 10 huHa1p 90 e'io
NJ, '..~ rato. There appeared to DO conhucrabic
." ..nn,ry for ycssel.roon,, but mo urgent #ants
~ sninpers weru supplied at the aooVo' mcn-
nooso ~ nSon,nlsteIy out Of tho "boom" that
atvpt iaosners ami agents Inst week seemed to
,s,sS md arrived, and .thoy now shake theEr
talun ts. .nd look mournful when asked II they
!s,"s Itsj ,hore will bo mn ndyanco again soon. Tho
'u"~ m.aai freight war, InauKuratcd by tho trt,nK-
,,s.. ao,,t tho opening Of navigation, has coat
.ua ~ ,ownora of vcsscI- property on tho 1akos
.ss,',anfs upou thousands Of dollars In tho way
- nro,,, on Rrain. .carrylng, and shonld II con"
" ,I.pa iii tho close Of navigation. and evory-
ching looks rs II It wouId.tho Season OF laxo
r,yiaat,ou OF Tho yoar 1881 Will prove inc least,
psaotnha cycr experienced By vessoownors. :,
r,," scs.cs chnrtrred yesterday wore, ~ wore
saturdays a Quarters. nll for coru. ind embraced
Far Buffalo. BuA'teiK.
Propeller buffalo, cots..".:..'. *'s'...'.seSSMS
PROPELLER Postag0 oortl..
irofejIer New York, corn. .6s,09
ss sshooasr Il q. I,icharia, corn:.!.........45ooo
Fur Eric.
Propeller Gordon Camp6et, corn.......,...4sM Moo
PROPELLER Philadelphia. corn. 6,UW
schooner Annie Sherwood. corn. .A,Do
For C0RtHg1ct0d.
Propeller Northern Queen, oorn............F,5oo
Total capAct!ty.. .......... ....''s......a'asoN
LuMnETt.''
Lumber frofghts remain nrm. notwit ithstauding
tbe fact that a largs aeot Of oarrfcrs Is now III
nort awaiting charters. While tho supply OF
ye.scls Is quito large, yet tho demand Is equal to
tho 'supply and bus a, tendency to keep rates
stjtr. Caartors wore made yesterday ut tho fol-
lowing ratcs: -. :;
S1Q10AW s*sss
From Manetcu.... .-....,..t....as s... i:si.4
From Ludln4tOt1.. Ot1.....,,t.ss.sst..-... !.oI11
Frpr1 White Lake. ....i..,.,... !.in
FROM Grand IlaSch ....... s......ss !.E:M
From MQaRGRon. .......s s.s.+ .+......s. .1.1st4
From uay City ...s,.s...t. a'Ut !
Tho ahoya rates are those patd for sailing YES
eels, sloan. .bar8es carrying lumber from doulr
to dock at 1sh cents less from Grand Haven and
Nuskegon. -. - = -
1RoN-oRE. -
Yessel.men Ind no difficulty IN getting char
tees to carsy lron-oro rs tho demand for vessels
tocngago IN TINT trado Ia steadily Gu tho In
crease, owing tn the Immense decentralization OF
that product at Marquette and EscanRba. Tho
following are tho prevailing rates per ton: = :
From Escanaba to ChicaYo o.............'''N - %
From Marquette to Like Eric ports.. 1.9obs 90
Dy Luke Erie ports Is meant any port On Lako
Eric west Of md Including Erio to which ore Ia
consgnodand from which coal is shipped,
COAts = | -..,.rt4. ::
No reduction Id coal frGIghtA lis reported; th6ti
r,ljrr yatcs frnrn I'm T,frfA rhfnni tanu m Fol.
, 1881-08-23

sptefat Utspaieh to The Chttaoa Tribune.
nurEAt.t3, Aug. 2s..-Cburtefs- Propeller Poto-
mnu md o,rsort James d. Sawyer, coal 10 CHI
oaRo at el.2O, propeller c. J. Kerahaw, coal 70
Milwaukee, at 61.31; schooner Ma!so coal to
Tulolo at 5D conta; schooner William 6hupe.
cnal to Toledo At 81 cents. Canal irolKhts quiet
md unchanged nt o0nts on wheat, 3M conts OH
corn, Qnd AK cents on oats.
- At OswE1O.
5ptetat Dupateh to Ths Chfedoo Tribune
OswEdu, N. Y, Aug. -CharterH-Scho0nor
floD0ken and II. J. Dewey, coat, Charlotte tn
Chicago on private terms. Tho 1i6bpkon left
horu Tonight for Charlotte. Tho Dewey is
loaded.
, 1881-08-23

Lumber frofehts romaln nrm, notwithstanding
ma fact that large feot Of oarricrs Is now III
nort awaiting charters, Whilo tho supply OF
yeucls Is quito largo, yet tho demand Is equal to
IN supply and has a, tendency to keep rates
sijd Charters wore made yesterday ut tho fol-
, 1881-08-23

Tho ahoya rates are those pafd for sailing vea-
eels, s;osn. .barges carrying lumber from doulz
to dock at 1sA cents lcss from Grand Haven and
, 1881-08-23
THE SCIENTISTS.

Ys4terdny's proeecdlnes OF the Amer"
loan Association for ttac Advance.
tnRnt Of Science - List or Officers
E1cctGd-Efforts 10 secure a Standard
Time Throughout the United Ntates
mud Canadn-Ltst OF Papers KcANt
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-10
81 ,O0O, 900 for the execution of the plan for
the improvement of the navigation of the
Mississippi river.

The concurrent resolutions passed by the
senate and house Of Representatives for
counting the electoral vote, on the 9Th
inst, provides for Joint meeting..*sof both
houses in the hall of the house Of repre-
sentatives; that the president Of the senate
shall preside, and that two tellers on the
part of the house and one for the senate
shall be appointed to make a list of the
votes as declared. 1t also provides, as the
vote of Georgia was not cast constitution
ally, it shall not be counted. The vote on
the resolutions in the House was quite non
partisan, and the whole matter was disposed
of with good feeling on both sides: An
other resolution Of much Importance, look
ing to the future, was also adopted by a
vote of 100 to II. It reads as follows:
THAT the president Of the senate is not in
vested by the constitution of the United
States with the right to count the votes of
electors for president and vice president of
the United States, SO as to determine what
votes shall be received and counted, OF
what votes shall be rejected and that it is
the duty of congress, without delay, to in
titRte measures to secure the due and
orderly performance Of the said duty in the
future.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-10

HON. J. S. MILLER, the new senator
elect from California, says the new treaty
with China gives satisfaction in California
because vesting in congress the power to re-
strict the immigration of the laboring
classes, although it was a vexing question
on the Pacific Slope as to what constituted
the Tailoring classes" Nothing was said
about naturalization in the treaty, and many
believed that the law of congress limiting
naturalization to the whites and blacks
would prevent the naturalization of the
Chinese. Senator Miller held that the
omission of this point in the treaty left the
matter with congress.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-10

The house committee on commerce has
completed the river and harbor bill. tap
propriates $40, 1a9, 900, Of which $4,000,
900 are for the Mississippi river. The
principal items on the upper Mississippi
are as follows: From Des Moines rapids
to St. Paul, 100000; fol reservoirs, $14o,-
900; below and above st. Anthony, $685.
600; Duluth harbor, $25, 900; upper Missis-
sippi snag boats, $25, 200. The bill
recommen ends the appropriation Of 81, 843,-
800 in excess Of the bill reported last year;
$751;, 900 was, however, added to the bill
last year before the final passage. This in
crease is mainly due to the appropriation of
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-10

The Chicago Tribune explains what has
been mystery to most people, and that is
why should the North, which has gained
absolutely nearly 100000 more in popula-
ton than the South, be given but two or
six new members Under the new apportion-
ment, while the South is given six or
twelve? The explanation of the phenome-
non is that the South has increased in pop
ulation relatively trifle more than the
North, and also that small states gain re-
latively over large states in small house,
and the South has more of the former COM
paratively than the North has.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-10

A MEMORIAL has been signed by large
number of companies, firms and individu-
ais, connected with iron interests in Cleve-
land and vicinity. and forwarded to Gen.
Garfield, setting forth that late decisions of
the secretary of the treasury are affecting
seriously, if not utterly destroying, the man
ufacture of hoop iron in the United States,
and that another decision now pending as
to the duty on tank or plate iron Of like i'm
portance, has aroused great anxiety for the
future of the iron business. The memorial
concludes by request that some one more
favorable to their interests THAI John Sher-
man, be appointed as his successor in Gar
fields cabinet.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-10
CURRENT EVENTS

E. G. Sherman, president of the National
Commonwealth Bank of Boston, is dead.
The state treasurer of Iowa has received an
anonymous letter, mailed on the Chicago, Bur-
ington Quincy railroad, containing $52 50,
with the statement that it belonged to the State.
Miss Clara Louise Kellogg has signed con-
tract to sing in Paris, after her Russian engage
ment for twenty nights, at a stated salary of
5000 francs This about makes this co,ln-
try even in the Bernhardt business.
Shippers Of cattle to England are in state
of perplexity about the new order in council in
England, requiring the slaughtering of cattle
within six days of their landing, Should the
order be carried out, it will stop the shipping
Of cattle from Canada. -: 7 3&.j ..
The Women's National Anti Polygamy society
met at Salt Lake City and adopted resolutions
strongly indorsing Gov. Murray's action in is
suing . certificate Of election to Campbell, on
the ground that his opponent, although receiv-
ing the most votes, is an alien and polyganaist.
Gov Blackburn Of Kentucky, who is credit
ed with being an authority regarding contagi-
next summer: The doctor governor predicted
yellow fever in the north, q few years ago, and
knew whereof he spoke, though his plans were
nipped in the bud. 49,. go. >...,,,..
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-10
The Big Words of. Science.
From the London Globe

EIOu TIC AOuUOu ulOU0.
Monstrosities of diction are not confined
to chemical science, but are to be found in
physics as we'll as metaphysics. We re-.
Gently gave some samples of the extraordi-
na1y and absurd length to which the names
of certain organic salts had grown, and we
may now add the following choice specimen
of imaginary (from a recently published
paper by Sir William thompson to illus
losophy 'The stream lines" says the dis
tinguished Glasgow physicist. 'Fare as rep
resented in the diagram in which the region
of transitional velocity greater than wave
proportional velocity is separated from
the region of transitional velocity less
than wave PROPORTIONAL velocity by a
cats eye border pattern Of elliptic
whirls. The curious mixture of
homely simile and abstract termi:
nology in this passage is highly ludi-
crous. Its obscu1ity is, however, sur
passed by Mr.. Herbert Spencers famous
Formula of Evolution" which runs: "Ev-
olution is charge from on indefinite, in
coherent, homogenity to a definite coherent
heterogeneity,. though continuous differ
entiations and integ1ations: - which being
into plain English by MIR. Kirkman, the
mathematician, means: Evolution is a
change from nohwoish, untalkaboutable
all-ikeness to a somehowish, and in gener-
-talkaboutable not. all likeness, by con-
tinuous something else6cations and stick
togetherations. AS a clever travesty on
the above cacophonous INVESTIGATIONS ofMr
Herbert Spencer, which like the language
of diplomacy, conceals the meaning it
ought to express, we have Mr.. Kirkman's
Formula of Universal Change" which is:
Change is a perichoretical synechy Of
cal diaerentiations and integrations. = Aft
or such spedantry as this, the clown in
Shakespeare Twelfth Night who did
impeticos5 thy eratillity, is absolutely no.
where.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-10
OPIUM CULTURE.
How the Drug is Prepared for Market in In
dia

How the Drug is Prepared for Market in In
dia.
Owing to the ever poverty stricken state
of the Indian raiat, or husbandman, the
government advances the means whereby
he can engage in poppy cultivation. The
nature of their engagement is about as fol-
lows: The cultivator undertakes to SOW a
| bigka, or about one-twentieth Of an acre.
with poppy seed. For this he is given the
requisite amount of seed. If we'll has
to be dug, he is not only
given sum, on loan, sufficient
to carry out his purpose, but also money
enough to buy bullocks in order to enable
him to draw water from the we'll when it is
finished. This is termed the first advance,
and is simply given him to prepare his land
for the sowing of poppy seed. The second
advance is given when the plant begins to
shoot above the earth's surface, and the
third when the plant is about to mature. In
maturity: in that state the pods are lanced
in the afternoon. The opium is allowed to
exude till next morning, when it is care
fully taken off by an iron scraper. At the
same time precaution is exercised to close
the incisions by running the finger over the
cuts. About five to six missions suffice for
the drawing Of the juice.
The opium is placed in brass vessels,
slightly tilted, SO as to drain off the dew or
any watery substance, It is then manipu-
lated and placed in new earthen vessels,
and is. thus kept until it is brought to the
weighing stations. The cultivator of pop
pies does not employ labor. His holdings
are mere garden patches; so that all the aid
he requires, from the sowing Of the seed to
the manuring of the plant and the gathering
of the opium, can be had from the members
of his family. The whole Of this work is
done by himself, his wife, and his little
ones. Many Of these opium garden plots,
worked by man and his family, amounts
to only one sixth or twelfth of an acre,
perhaps; in few isolated instances one
man is wealthy enough to own half an acre
We can imagine how glad must be the
raiat when the poppy plant has begun to
exude opium, and when luis opium has oil
been gathered he waits patiently for the Or
the weighing station. 1t depends entirely
upon the season as to when the cultivators
can bring their opium to the government
stations to be weighed.
As general rule the month Of April is the
beginning of the weighing season. Intima-
ton is then given to the opium cultivators
that they must present themselves on a GER
tain day with their opium, in order to have
it tested and weighed. In the districts
where the poppy plant is cultivated all are
astir, and grand preparations are made for
a general exodus. The opium is collected
safely i'll red earthen pots, which are put in
wicker crates, and the whole family, with
burdens on their heads, make for the weigh
ing stations. The picturesque Indian
lanes are crowded with these men, march
ing like sheep to their destination. They
only travel during the night.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-10
NEWS SUMMARY.
WEEKLY RECORD OF CRIMES.

VEEhL1 htCOhD Ch1Nl
John Berry, cashier Of the bank Of Bergen
for embezzlement r.. 81. q, ~, a
+ AT Grapeland (Texas) Wash C6rr WAS fatally
shot while resisting arrest jack Long killed
one Caldwell in Ilano county. I'D. w Wearof
Bald Praffie was assaaainated5y y P. Hick-
man. 40
Hon. Rodney Foor, once clerk of the Ohio su
Rreme court, and executive secretary to Gov:
larceny. He plead guilty on hearing, and was
committed.
ID E. NJ. Barrett, prominent manufacturer at
Cincinnati, is short in his accounts as treasurer
of Hezell Park and Lake towns, from $40, ZOO
to 200, 900. He has turned his: property over
TO- the towns. = :,
On January %, Matthews Salmon, a bad
hidden by the officers to preserve him from
lynching. o. Saturday Sa1mon's hiding place
was discovered and he was taken out and
hanged to the frame work of d wind MILL ,
Dominick Mccartney of Pittsburg and Charles
Mccoy of Chicago fought prize fight for a
purse of $780, at Rowland Springs, Ohio. The
miil took place in hall and Was witnessed BY
sixth round Mccoy threw UP the SPONGE, and
Mccartney was declared the winner. ~ .,
Little Rock special: Yesterday three men at
tempted to rape Miss Georgiana Hamblet, a
highly accomplished young lady: who lives at
Augusta. The men were arrested Last night
a mob Of about twenty men broke into the pris-
on, took out the prisoners, and crossing the riv
er, hanged them, and flung the dead bodies in
to the water. t..t ~ ,|f's.H
A terrible outrage was perpetrated in the
vincinity OF South Chicago. The victim was
Charles GARRISON, an engineer on the Michigan
Southern & South Chicago dummy: V1triol
was thrown into his face by two unknown mis-
creants, and the unfortunate man was horribly
burned and will inevitably lose the sight Of one
eye. Robbery was not their object, as Clark
sons watch and money lay untouched on the
floor and nothing taken from the house. Clark
son was terribly burned about the face, head,
breast, shoulders and arms His left eye re-
ceived portion of the contents of the cup
and the sight was destroyed.
George Smith and Catherine Miller were ex-
ecuted at Williamsport, Pa, for the murder Of
Mrs. Miller's husband They died without a
struggle. Smith, although much troubled in
mind this afternoon, said he was prepared to
die; that Mrs Miller was as much to
blame as he was and he murdered Miller at her
solicitation. statement to this effect was read
from the scaffold. On the way to the scaffold
Mrs. Miller became 80 weak that those with her
were compelled to assist her. Smith also
showed physical and mental weakness.
Ascending the scaffold, the black caps were
adjusted and the nooses placed around their
necks. Religious exercises began, but before
they were finished the drop was sprung.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-10
CONGRESSIONAL.
TUESDAY, FEBRUARY /.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY j.
SENATE-The time OF the senate was largely
occupied by continuation OF the Ponca dreari-
ness, Kirkwood and Dawes airing their views,
the former in defense of mis- committee and
Secretary Schurz, and MI. Dawes reiterating
his former assertions, with some PERSONAL mod
ifcations. Senator Logan tried to get the
Grant bill into the arena, but failed, and gave
notice that he would call it up to-day: After
discussing and amending the pension bill, and a
HoUsE-The entire session was devoted to
uninteresting District of Columbia measures.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY =.
SENATE-A message was received from the
president urging that Justice be done the
Ponca Indians. Mr.. Morgan's substitute for
Mr.. Ingalls, electoral count resolution was
taken up, discussed at great length and finally
adopted.
The discussion in the senate shows clearly
that there Is to be no difficulty attending the
counting of the electoral vote, and no unusual
delay in consammating it. This has removed one
of the causes which it was feared would render
an extra session necessary by the delay which
twas supposed might attend the counting Of
the votes, .~--.. -~-.~v. 1.--
HoUsE-A message from the president, SINH
lar to that read in the senate, was received. A
bill was introduced relating to the duties on
manufacturers OF iron, ETC. The post route
and District of Columbia approximation bills
passed. A message was received from the
president transmitting and indorsing q commu-
nication from the secretary Of the navy, asking
for an appropriation of 500, 900 for the es-
tablishment of naval stations on the lsthmus
The apportonment bill was taken up, and Mr..
Cox Of New York made an eloquent speech.
b.. -, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8. -.t'':
SENArE-The entire day was devoted to, q
debate on Mr. Morgan's electoral count reso-
luton, introduced last spring.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-10

HON. J. N. CAMDEN, who has been
chosen by the democrats of the West Vir-
ginia legislature to succeed Mr.. Hereford in
the United States senate, is a wealthy oil
speculator and banker of Parkersburg. He
is known as shrewd business manager,
and his friends give him much praise for
organizing the oil interests of the state and
furnishing through his company steady
market for this product
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-10
HousE-This body consumed the day in dis
GUESSING the apportionment bill, without action.
rRTDAv EERprARv

HousE-This body consumed the day in dis
cussing the superintendent bill, without action.
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 4.
The bill providing for: the fitting up of q
sman war to Cd in search Of the lost Jeanette
was passed, withan smsndment increasing the
count esolution, after some discussion, was
adopted -42to Is It became evident that the
republicans must either allow it to pass, or bus
mess w6vild 81 obstructed for the rest of the
session. Notgishing to appear as obstruction
present did not answer to the call of their names
The only negative vote was that of Whyte dem
ocrat) of Maryland .-.~--.~-~-
The pension appropriation bill was debated,
and Senator Logan made fierce onslaught on
HousE.-Nearly the whole day was spent Oh
the private calendar, and another discussion Oh
war claims took place: , ~
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 5.
s' SENATE. -A"joint resolution was adopted, in
wiling the government and people of France to
ioin the United States in the Yorktown celebra-
tor; $4,000 was appropriated ;,
The pension appropriation bill was discussed.
Several bills of minor Importance were pass
HousE:-The concurrent, resolution provid-
ing for the electoral count on Wednesday, the
9th inst, was adopted. The discussion on this
bill'was limited to three minute speeches, IN
which Robson, Regain and Springer principal
~ participated. The most remarkable speeches
were those, of FELTON, and Speer of Georgia, who
have ever shown bipartisan attitude. Both
held that where a conflict was between the
state laws and federal laws they believed the
federal law was supreme, and they both wished
it understood that the mass of Georglans recog-
nized this fact The applause which followed
this declaration was general and hearty.
I The debate in the house on the apporhonment
was begun in temperate manner, but 1t closed
in storm. Each speaker disclaimed party bias
and deprecated political discussion upon the
bill, but each one, except Robinson of Massa-
chusetts, who refused to be interrupted, drlfted
into something Of party politics.
!. MONDAY, FEBRUARY z.
SENATE-Senator Cenkling and Butler had a
brief alteration on the subject of census frauds
in South Carolina. Messrs. Ham]in and Thur
man were appointed on the part Of the senate
tellers for the electoral count. The pension
appropriation bill was considered
HoUsE-Messrs. House and Crowley were
appointed tellers, on the part of the house, for
the electoral count Bills and resolutions were
introduced regarding taxation; for the entry
and sale of public lands for the right of way
to railroad companies (by Mr.. Washburn); pro-
viding for safety of life on railroads; declaring
regret for the bloodshed in Transvaal, and
sympathy for the people of Ireland. The
house refused to suspend the rules and pass
the river and harbor bill.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1881-02-10
The River and HarbOr Z 1.

The committee on commerce hav decided to
report among other appropriations, he follow
ing for work on the lakes:
Chicago. $4,000 Toledo. .$35, 900
Mich'n City,. 10000 Buffalo 49,. 10000
Cleveland -. US. 900 Oswego. go. 5000
Also the following sums for rivers and reser-
voirs:
Des MONIES rapids ................ $4,000
From Des MONIES rapids toSt Paul. 10000
For the reservoirs 49,. ...... 100000
Above the Falls of st. Anthony. .'...1 ], OOO, 900
From Cairo to Illinois. ............. 100000
At Hannibal, NO., reservoirs. ...... 10000
Quincy ..................... 10000
Operating canal at Des Moines rap's 40, 600
Rock Island harbor. minimum. 5000
Illinois river. 25O,OOO
Ohio river. $50, 1000
Imp'm't of harbor at Milwaukee. 100! 900