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The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26
DETECTIVES AT WEDDINGS.
Gentlemen in Taultless Attire who Loite1
:t.. Near the Presents.

Gentlemen in Taultless Attire who Loiter
~. Near the Presents.
There are in New York hundred or
more weddings in the course of a year,
where there lis a crush ofguests in full
dress, where ladies who have passed their
youth feel it allowable TO wear wealth Of
diamonds, and where the displays of pres
ents surpass tho show cases of fashionable
jewellers These weddings and other social
gatherings of the same class of persons
are Il very paradise OF thieves and pick
pockets, when, as occasionally h opens,
they can sain admission in the guise of Il
guest. This, as will be imagined, few
professionals can do without the riks of
being bowed to the door by the host as
strangers in unwarranted dress coats; yet
many simple and shrcwd devices are used to
maintain footing once obtained in such
assenblages.> The host aud hostess are
avoided. Efforts are made to scrape ac-
quaintanceships. References are boldly
made to some previous social assemblage.
The thief must have special gifts and
Yet it is not professional thisv;e; that
those who get up fashionable entertain
ments chiefly fear. Tho most dangerous
class, because the most numerous, are in
cluded among the invited guests. and are
called, when detected, kleptomaniacs.
For almost every large and fashionable
wedding there is request made upon In
spector Byrnes, in charge Of the Detective
Bureau at tho police central Office; for an
officer to watch the array of presents, and
in general to protect the house and Its
guests from loss by theft. Among the
central Office deteetiv es Oh whom this duty
frequently falls is George w. Lanthier.
He..is young man of good address and
appearance, who wears a tiue diamond in
his shirt front, and whose clothes tit him.
His fellow detectives say that when he is az
rayed in a Prince Albert coat, with silk
facings, for an afternoon wedding, there is
nothing left 10 be asked for by the most
critical observer, but when he appears at
tired in full costume, for all evening we'd
ding or reception, language fails. :;
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26
The WAGES or SIN. .

Frank Gerrity Waylaid and Murdered in Cold
Blood at Hudson, Wis.,, Sunday Morning.
: Frank Gerrity, twenty six years o.d, peddler
in tin ware, left st. Paul on Saturday morning
and went to Hudson. Wis, and at night was
"Pinhook Point" covey of dens Of pollu-
ton north of the city. As has boen their
wont for months past, a gang Of young bloods
had congregated at the different houses there
for a night of debauchery. At "Mother"
Cooper's place were, assembled q number OF
youthful companions from Hudson. Serving
at the den was one Theodore Rounds, as caller
at the dances, Frank Shay. bar assistant, and
Lizzie Wilson, one Of the inmates During the
progress of the dance it seems Gerrity got very
solidly into the good graces of Miss Wilson,
some cause known only to themselves as yet,
the two concluded to leave the Cooper den for
that of "Tute" Martin, some forty or fifty rods
distant This greatly displeased the madam
and kindled tho ire Of Rounds to an Undesirable
extent. The twain had not proceeded far when
from behind tho bar and, in company with
Shay, took a. cut across the intervening ng
E Ing themselves behind some brushes,
Rounds rose and fired, according to tho Wilson
women's Testimony, as Gcrrity passed. At tho
scream, when Rounds rushed out and fred
fell to the ground Instantly, but attempted to
rise again, when Shay coolly remarked to bis
pal, tOhsyou haven'tha done your work, he
is getting up:'s Don't you mia1rI have fixed
him all right" was the Nellish response
to this remark, as both started
back for the house. Gerrity, in his dying
spasms, told the girl to hurrvto town and tell
Mr.. Riley, his uncle, that he had been murder
ed. His associates then began to gather upon
to the city for help, leaving the poor follow up
Oh the ground alone, weltering in his own blood.
A lively team was procured as sosa as possible,
and the sheriff notified Of the tragedy: When
they reached tho ground, Gerrity was just
alive, but breathed lis last as soon as they got
his body into DR.. Hoyts Office, whore they had
taken him for treatment.
Both Rounds and Shay were found at tMotler
Coopcr's and arrested. Theodore Rounds came
to Hudson about two weeks ago from CGippe-
wa or Black River Falls, whore it is said he lei
a hard, reckless life. He is about thirty years
of age, and bears the facial marks of low,
british nature. :.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

A STORY is current that some time ago
Jay Gould summoned clerk from Omaha
to do some special work which occupied six
weeks, and az he bade him goodbye said:
my cashier, desires to see you" The
young man called and was surprised to re-.
,ceive check for 50, 500. demonstrated
saying he had not earned it, but the only,
answer WAS, "The. old man has given the
order and you must take it,. This story
Of corporate iberality can be more than
matehed by one nearer home. The rail-:
road king Of, Minnesotsj who, rose from
small beginnings to the. principal owner
ship and management of the largest rail-
rosd eorporation exclusively in the state,
and is q member Of the syndicate for the
construction Of the, Canadian: Pacific, en-
.ployed q. law firm in st, Paul to do, specific
work in their line, and received therefore
his check for the sum Of fifty Thousand
dollars, the largest fee ever paid'iu. Min,
nesota. Unlike the Omaha clerk. however,
they did not remonstrate, but drew the
money at once and put it in their pockets.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26
How VOitaire Cured the Decay of His
Stomach.


Stomach.
In the Memoirs of Count Segur there is
the following anecdote: my mother, the
Countess de Segur. being asked by Voltaire
respecting her health, told him that the
most painful feeling she had arose from the
decay in her stomach and the difficulty Of
finding any kind Of ailment that it could
bear. Voltaire, by the way Of consolation,
assured her that he was once for nearly q
year in the same state, and believed to be in
durable, butthat nevertheless a very simple
remedy had restored him: :. It consisted in
taking no other .nourishment than yolks of
eggs beaten up with the -four Of potato and
water Though this circumstance concerns
80 extraordinary apersou as Voltaire, it is
astonishing how little it is known and how
rarely it is practiced. Its efficacy, however,
in cases Of debility, cannot be questioned,
and the following is the mode ofpreparing
this valuable article Of food as recommend.
ed by Sir John Sinclair: BEAT up an egg in
a bowl and then add six stablespoonfuls of
cold water, mixing the whole well together;
then add two tablespoonfuls of farina ;.of
potatoes; let it be mixed thoroughly with
the liquidin the bowl Then pour in asmuoh
boiling water as will convert the whole into
jelly, and mix it well. It may be taken
alone or with. he> addition Of q little milk
in case Of stomachic debility or consumptive
disorders. The dish is light and easily 'di-
gested. extreamly wholesome and nourish-
ing. Bread and biscuit may be taken with
it as the stomach gets stronger" TI:j;
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

EX-SENATOR Timothy o. Hame of Wis
consin, ono of the United States commits.
sioners to the monthly conference in Paris,
made speech the other day in which he
outlined the American position. In up
holding the monetary functions of both
gold and silver he said: The United
States are not here in behalf Of mine owners
to bull the market for silver. Agriculture
ia our chief interest. Our annual cotton
crop is worth seven times the wheat crop,
twelve times the corn crop. eighteen times
the average annual product of our silver
mines. America is seeking for herself and
the world broad and stable money basis
upon which thirty thousand millions of the
worlds Indebtedness can rest. From the
above, it will be seen that cotton, now as
formerly, is the King of American products.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

The expedition under Lieut.. Greeley
will leave St. Johns, New Foundland, on
June Is, to establish colony at Lady
Franklin bay, designated on the charts as
in eighty one degrees forty minutes north
latitude. The colonists will be supplied
with provisions for three years, and a ship
will be sent to the bay every year by the
government to look after the colony. Af-
ter the colonists are established in their
quarters, they will proceed to make sledge
explorations northwest on the land, estab
fishing stations at intervals. The plan is
that proposed by Capt Howgate, which h
he was not able to carry out owingto coln-
bination Of adverse circumstances.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26
Deathsof Col. Tom. Scott.

Thomas Alexander Scott, ex-president Of the
Pennsylvania and Texas Pacific railways, died
at.Philadelphia Of paralysis. aged fifty seven
,years, At the time of his death his wealth Was
estimated at seventeen million dollars; The
serious llness,of Col Scott began about three
years ago, with paralysis Of the left side. The
third and most serious attack Of the disease
took place about. three weeks ago.. late on
Thursday night last It became evident that he
was about to receive another stroke, and every
precauton Wis taken to relieve him: His con-
dition grew worse until death ensued.
Thomas A. Scott was born in 1ondon, Frank. !.
In county, Penn; ABOUT fifty a4xe years sgo.
The canal commissions fn Columbia Penn.
Hs; entered tie employ ct the. Pennsylvsnis.
railroad company as division superintendent
from Pittsburg to ALTOONA, became general
superintendent the vice president Of the road
Under J. Edgar Thompson, and finally, on the
death Of the latter, wds made president Of the
company. On the. LIST Of May, 1880. having
been connected with the company for thirty
years aud aixy years as it's head; he redgned
He engaged il extensive and extremely prof
able stock operstions, and Was for many yes !
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

The State Agricultural Department of
Ohio has received estimates of the wheat
crop, which indicate that the yield for 1881
will aggregate 44,s95,65 bushels, and
that there are probably 10, ,37S, ,299 bushels
of the old crop still in the producers hands.
The condition of the crop of 1881 as COM
pared with that Of last year on May l, 1880,
is reckoned at IS per cent, and19 per cent.
of the crop of 1880 is reckoned as still on
hand. The level, black soil counties Of
the northwest part Of the state show fully
as good yield as the remarkable crop of
last year, but the rolling counties, east and
southeast, show about 80 per cent. and the
billy Ohio river counties only about IS per
cent. of last years crop.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26
FIRES AND OTHER CASUALTIES.

FIRES AND OTHER CASUALTIES.
There are fears that the steamer State of
California, with all on board, is lost on the Pa
ci6c coast
At Lompoc, Santa Barbara county, Cal, the
only liquor saloon in that town was blown to
atoms by large bomb. No one was in tho
building at the time. Lompec is temperance
colony, and this is the second saloon destroyed
by gunpowder there.
A fire occurred at Nashville last Tuesday,
which was the most destructive that city has
known for many years. Commencing in the
oil and paint establishment of Warren Bros.
corner Of College and Church streets, it spread
rapidly north, east, and west until thirty -four
buildings &mt were me ea aad The the new
Church street Eight three-story
buildings, including the beautiful new Office Of
the Western union company, with all valuable
equipments, are in ruins Total loss about
$500, 900 The insurance will not exceed
$2OO,OOO.. ..
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

The cause of woman's rights has gained
a point by recent decision Of the supreme
court of California. A city ordinance of
San Francisco prohibits the employment
of female walters in drinking saloons,
dance cellars, etc. The supreme court de-
cides that this ordinance is unconstitution-
al. 1.-THE constitution establishes" says
the court, "as the permanent and settled
rule and policy Of this state, that there shall
be no legislation, either directly or indi-
rectly, incapacitating or disabling woman
from entering on or pursuing any business,
vocation or profession permitted by law to
be entered on and pursued by those some-
times designated as the stronger SEX"
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26
nEws FROM WASHINGTON.

Col. J. h. Baxter will probably bo nominated
by the president for surgeon general of the
army.
Mrs. Garfield is gaining strength slowly,
The prostration has been so complete that the
recovery must be painfully slow.
cent, including those of which the department
has been advised will be presented for contin-
uance, is $l7l, 100000. =.
Secretary Blaine has decided that Michael
Boytca, ono of the Irish leaguers, doesn't come
under the protecting pinions of the American
eagle, but recommends him to the charity of
the British lion.
It has been decided to send Gen. Carlin,
lieutenant colonel of the Seventeenth infantry,
Col. Black, Of the eighteenth infantry, goes to
Davids Island, n Y.
Gen. George Nanny of Tennessee, nominated
for minister resident to Columbia is an ex-con-
federate republican who was Gen. Garfe.d's
elector for state at large. After tho war he be-
came republican, and has followed the party
flag without wavering.
President Garfield, who is knight Templar
received Saturday evening Knights Templar
Communicates from Boston and Providence
on their way to Richmond. He greeted them
cordially as brethren They were then shown
through the White House.
A friend Of Brady's whohas just returned
from New York, says that the ex-second post
master general is making money rapidly in
stock speculations. He is reported to have
cleared over 5000, 900 since he retired from
the department. His friend said today:
'sThank heaven for the Conkling kick-up. The
papers are full of 1t and Brady has rest" -
The custodian of the treasury department
has been detected in enriching himself aud
friends at the expense of the contingent fund.
Absolute frauds have been uncovered, of which
ex-cabinet officers and others receive the bene-
it, The frauds are principally in the purchase
Of CARPETS, and furniture, and . vast number
Of artoles Of the department, and In the sale of
such things. 1t was ascertained that the de-
partment cabinet maker had made large
amount of furniture for the houses Of Secretary
Sherman and Secretary Everts. After Secre-
tary Window took charge of the treasury he
was advised of the ring now being exposed. As
soon as the secretary got time from the pres
sure Of applicants for Office and other pressing
matters, q committee was appointed, with strict
instructions to make an inquiry, complete and
sweeping, and spare nobody,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

Philip Wenzel, of .Stejnbseh, Germany,
has been sentenced to death for numbering
his'betrothed. Philip could not hope to
marry the girl for several years because he
bad to complete his term of military service
first, and when she determined to remove
with friends to another city, the fear Of
losing het And the forbodings Of jealousy
caused him to take her into the garden be-
hind the,heusee and shoot at her untl she
was dead Many n young German has
probably felt like doing as Philip Wenza
has done. Military service has: always
been great burden in Germany. It has.
blighted the prospects fof 8 life, and has
destroyed the happiness. Of hanya home: =.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

Ross WILKINSON was nominated for
United States marshal for the western dis
trict of Louisiana, but it is now reported that
he had been dead two weeks when his name
was sent in. At any rate it was withdrawn
and another substituted. Mr. Ross Wilkin-
son is an old St. Paul politician of the
democratic persuasion, who went to Louis
ianu at the close Of the war and became
republican leader in the Red River country.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

The rush Of pleasure travel to Europe is
so great that people who know the impor-
tance Of good berths have to wait month
to secure them; and it is singular circum-
stance that the rush from Europe is just as
great. All the first class berths are readily
taken, and steamers are unable to accom-
modate others who are willing to accept
inferior fare for cheap passage.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26
CURRENT EVENTS


There are discouraging crop reports from
Arkansas. 49,
In telegraph suit in New York, joy Gould
said that be owned about So, 600, 600 Of Wost-
ern Union Stock.
The Rev: A. g. Eberhart, of Waterloo, Iowa,
who Furnished five sons for service in the army
in the war of the rebellion, died last Sunday.
John Walruh, Lawrence brewer, proposes
to test the Kansas brohibitory law, and the Ma
tional Brewing association will stand by him.
The Philadelphia Press asserts that 10
change will be made in the terminus of the
Northern Pacific road, which will be at Puget
Sound.
Mrs. Kate Chase Spfaeue is busily engaged
at her country residence, ''Edgewood," ": iting
the life of her father. It will be dedicated to
the friends and admirers Of the late chief ius
hce, by bis loving daughter.
At Christ's church Raleigh, n c., Edwin A.
Osborne, distinguished confederate officer,
Episcopal church, Bishop Lyman oficisting.
There was great crowd in attendance: Col.
Osborne received many severe wounds during
he wat.
R. A. Bakers bank Of Fond .dti Lac, Wis.
has failed. The failure created considerable
excitement and is disastrous one. The pre-
$36, 600; B. Benton T. Co., SCI, 900; B.
Eastman, $40, 900. The assignment was to
H. Benton. The liabilities Are estimated at
81 900, with assets about the same. The
cause of tho assignment was the demand Of the
city to take up $12, 900 worth of outstanding
bonds. 49,,
Gov. sprague Of r. L, and his legal consul
Green, had fracus last week. After exchang-
ing hot words sprague slapped Greene,s face
Greene returned on Sprague's nose. Several
blows were exchanged, and finally they seemed
70 have enough Of the asht and separated. Tia:
difference arose On payment Of $500, for
alleged services by Greene; for which:the ex-s
governor had given check which was MOI
honored, owing to the fact that he had no funds:
IN the bank when Greene presented It Greene
Piled in opprobrious epitheh. Greene threat
ems toge over into the camp of. the governors:
enemies, and make damaging revelations ii
the Sprague divorce case against the governor
tE.,a- -
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

TIE new law of Minnesota permitting
teachers in the public schools to give daily
instructions in thirty topics outside Of the
regular course of study-social science,
health and good morals being among the
topics speci6ed-is likely to breed dissen-
sion in many instances. The temptation to
abuse the privileges afforded by such law
cannot always be resisted, and already
complaints are made of its mischeivous
tendencies
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

SINCE the assassination of the Emperor
Alexander story has gone the rounds OF
the newspaper press of the existence at St.
Petersburg ofpapers which show that Rus
sia had been invited by France and England
to recognize the South and that Russia had
refused. The matter having been brought
to the notice of Mr.. Gladstone, the English
premier, who was member of the govern
ment at the period referred to, Re pro-
nounced the story unfounded so far as the
English government is concerned, and
probably the whole is apocryphal.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

SECRETARY WINDOW told the New York
merchants at their anniversary dinner that
as long as the United States has marke
for what they have to sell they will continue
to be prosperous. When the outside de-
mand c. eases there will be home glut, low
prices and hard times. To prevent the
coming of this day of evil the markets of
the world mustbe open for our productions.
1t will be we'll for congressman and peo-
pie to remember the conditions of our pros
perity.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

The Whitaker board will hear the final
argument on the first of June, but when
the final decision and end of the case will
be reached, no one can conjecture, though
an impression pretty generally prevails that
the colored cadet will eventually be given
another chance to graduate.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

{; What it has come ito. Mrs. Muggles-
''Well, doctor, / don't know ss what's the
matter with Marier since she come from
her last siterwation ii, Lunnon. There she
sits all day staring at an old chiney dish,
which: she calls a-going in for asthletix!"
london Punch, .sst..S.s -. !. !.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26
MINNESOTA has nearly ninety thousand
omre men than women. = =;

Four thousand : Immigrants, mostly
Swedes and Danes, arrived in New York
one day last week, all bound for Mime
aOfa
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

Rev. L W: Chahey, who for nine years has
been pastor of the Congregational church Of
Lake city preached his farewell sermon sunday
sS.~I-s - s4s:,z: - So sis< -
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

one Of tho three or four great railroad kings of
the country The Texas Pacific was one Of the
most important schemes with which he was
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26

FROM present indications it is estimated
that. the foreign immigration for the month
of Nay; win exceed the figures of the entire
year of 1875.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-05-26
EoRE1aN nAatlres.

The Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria,
grants amnesty TO IL persons Imprisoned tor
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-12-01

Gambetta's speeches fill four bulky vol
umes.
Mark Hopkins, administrator in San Fran
cisco, was required to give bond Of ST.
00O, 900.
Gov. Neil, of Idaho is one of the btterest
opponents of Mormonism. He is anxious to
see Congress take the matter in hand.
Mile. Rosa Bonheur is living at Nice,
where she has a charming villa and is greatly
admired and courted.
w. J. Florence, whose experience entities
his judgment to have weight, says that Presi
country.
Rev +. ID. Stager, pastor of the Baptist
church of Woodstown, n. j., was stricken
with apoplexy while preaching his sermon on
Sunday, and died in his pulpit.
1t was at the age of eight that Patti made her
first appearance IN public. She was so small
that the little songstress was placed on ia
BILE so that the audience could see her.
The late James 7. Fields is referred to as
prince of publishers in his day, and king
of good fellows to the last. He was a man
who appreciated the personality of his au-
thors as well as made money for them. and
out of them.
Professor +. b. Hough. VINO, by direction
of the Commission of Agriculture. has looked
into the methods of restoring, preserving and
maintaining the celebrated forests in Norway
Denmark, Germany and France, has returned
from Europe and will soon make report Of
his investigations, with recommendation to
Congress for planting and maintaining forests
on the praries and desert lands of the United
States.