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The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21

AT recent meeting Of the New York
Episcopalian conference report was pre-
sented saying that divorces are obtained on
the most frivilous pretext; in New England
the proportion of divorces were one to elev-
en- marriages; the frequency with which
divorces are obtained and the laxity Of pop
ular sentiment on the subject were shock
ing; it was not to be disguised that sever
ances of the marriage tie were the direct out
growth of ungodly lust seeking for new af-
inities. Resolutions were adopted, admit
ting the right CT separation for sufficient
cause, but recognizing no ground for di-
vorce except violation of the seventh COM
mandment, and refusing to marry or admit
to membership in Episc opalian churches
any who are divorced on. unscriptual
grounds. A resolution was also adopted
approving President Garfeld's inaugural
address on the subject of P. lygamy and
pledging support for the extirpation Of the
wrong, and stated that all needed legislation
and the enforcement of the law ought to be
had without delay for the suppression of
this iniquity, and if these fail commencing
the use of the sterner forces Of military
arms.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21
Meeting Of Minnesota Millers.

At the annual meeting of the Minnesota Mil
ler's Association, held at Minneapolis, the COM
mittee on insurance reported the organization,
nnder the special law passed last winter, Of the
Millers' and Manufacturer Mutual Insurance
company. Among the few matters of public in
terest, was the unanimous adoption, after a full
and free discussion, of the following resolution:
Resolved that this association recommend
to all it's members to use their influence to in
duce farmers to SOW Fife wheat iu preference
to all other varieties and that it is the desire of
this associatian that all millers should pay at
least ten cents per bushel less for soft wheat
than for pure Fife wheat.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing yer:
President P: Brown, of Red Wing, re-
elected.
Secretary-Frank Petit, of Minneapolis.
Vice Presidents-David Bronson, of Still
water, and Geo. A. Pillsbury, of Minneapolis.
Treasurer-W. F. Cahill.
Executive Committee-E. v. White and Lor-
en- Fletcher, of Minneapolis, and E. L. Baker,
Of Red Wing:
Member Of National Executive Committee
J. A. Christian of Minneapolis.
In the evening the members of the associa-
tioa sat down to = grand banquet provided by
the millers Of Minneapolis.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21
DEAD AT LAST

The Iowa Woman After Fast of IS Days.
A dispatch from Sioux City, Iowa, says: At
1890 TO- day Miss Hattie Duel, whose remark
able feat of fasting has already made her fa-
nous, died. Last night friends and relatives
were at her bedside ana momentarily expected
her death. Her pulse this morning was i'm
perceptible, and her respirations thirty-tive to
the minute. She has not drank any water dur
ing the last twenty-four hours, it seeming to
make her sick, and when she last drank she
complained of nausea. Even this morning she
evinced considerable strength and was able to
communicate to her friends by means OF her
fingers and slate. She even reached out and
opened small drawer in q bureau which stood
by the bed. She was asked il she was not hun
gry. but she answered in the negative. She had
lain in q semi-comatose condition all night, but
this forenoon her mental powers were clear and
unaffected and she seemed to understand all
that was going on about her Her last moments
were yery peaceful, and surrounded by the
friends and relatives who had done 90 much for
her, she sank gradually into the everlasting
sleep. .,, $780,.
stomach retained small quantity of fluid, and
appeared normal The intestines and sur
rounding tissues were entirely normal The
intestines we're wholly empty, except slight
accumulation of faces in the rectum. The
kidneys were normal, and adipose and muscu.
lar tissues we're almost entirely gone. There
was very little blood, but it was apparently
FORMAL
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21
NEWS SUMAI.AR RY.
RAILROADS.

/ MIR. George A. Bracket now has 800 men
r. 100 teams employed on the sOsseo branch
/ short line Of the st. Paul, Minneapolis &
Manitoba railway.
general manager Of the eastern division of the
Northern Pacific Railroad company, has arrived
in St. Paul accompanied by General Manager
Sargent, the gentlemen having met in Chicago,
Apassenger train met with an accident near
Meyiden, few miles west of Owatonna. The
sleeper was overturned and the passenger
coach derailed in consequence Of broken axle.
Rev. j. H. Miller, of Mayville, n Y, was in
jured in the back, but not seriously. He was
taken to OwatOnna.
Hon. W. D. Washburn, esident of the
Minneapolis 4 st. Louis, SAYS his company
will build this year 175 miles OF new road. OF
the projected extensions, 125 to l4O miles will
Minnetonka, with the westerly boundary line Of
the states as it's objective point-the Iowa line
south from Fort Dodge, will be also extended
forty or fifty miles from it's present terminus,
with view Of reaching additional coal fields.
AS a jury was holding an inquest on the
bodies Of two Mexicans, killed a few miles north
Of Ell Paso, Texas, John Hale, a desperate,
fired and killed Krunplow, a policeman, who
fired at the same time, wounding the newlye
elected ma: shal, Studemire, and killing Hale
A. Mexican bystander, the same who shot G.
W. Campbell, friend Of Hale, attempted to
draw pistol, and was mortally wounded by
Marshal Studemire.
W. c. Andrus, general Eastern agent of the
Northern Pacific, has received advices from
Col O. J. Johnson, the general Scandinavian
agent at Christina, Norway, that he will leave
Liverpool for Boston May the 6, on special
chartered steamer of the Canard line, with
colony Of 1900 Danes, Norwegians Sweedes,
and English, who will settle near jamestown,
Sanborn and Valley City, The members Of the
colony are radically different from most OF the
foreign emigrants, some Of them bringing T1O,-
900 or more in money.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21

PROF. TIDY, in a paper read before the
London Chemical society, restates, in re-
ply to DR.. Franklin, his firm conviction that
fairly rapid river, having received sewage
in quantity not exceeding one-twentieth Of
its volume, regains its purity after run of
a few miles. and becomes wholesome and
good for drinking. This opinion is in en-
tire accord with numerous analyses Of water
in the western rivers of the United States,
which has always been found purer, even
when taken few miles below large cities
on their banks, than water from majority
Of the interior lakes.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21

DR.. TANNER, the great faster, is an en-
thusiastic temperance man, but the New
York papers publisha letter from him, writ
ten at the close of his great fast in that city.
certifying to the wonderful properties of a
certain kind of wine, and pronouncing it
the ''grandest of auxiliaries in the recupera-
ton Of exhausted nature" His gain of six
pounds in four days Immediately succeed
ing his last fast he attributes wholly to the
use of that wine. The dealer who furnished
the wine to Tanner considers his letter of
thanks first class advertisement.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21
Electricity In the Mill.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.


Electricity has been put to many uses,
and one of the most ingenious applications
of it is to the middlings purifier, in place of
the air blast. Frictional electricity is en-
ployed. the middlings passing under hard
rubber rollers electrified by friction against
a sheepskin cushion. The bran is attracted
to the roller, and is swept off by brushes,
the middlings passing through the bolts in
the order of their fineness. The machine,
which has been in practical use at large
mill for year past, is said to be econom-
ical Of power, and works without the dust
faction by air. It is quite within the range
Of probability that some day great Touring
raills will have their machinery run by elec-
trical engines, converting the power Of wa
ter-wheels at a distance. be lighted by cleo
trio lamps. aud have their naidGlings puri.
6ed by another k,nd Of electricity.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21
WEEKLY RECORD or CRIME.

Evan Lewis, Of DodgeviIle, Wis, bound for
Butte, Montana, was fatally stabbed while on
the cars in Wyoming.
DR.. w B. Porter, of Lemars, Iowa, was SEN
fenced to the penitentiary for five years, for
drugging and assaultng a female patient
In the United States court, at Deadwood JOS
eph Cord, convicted Of incest, has been sen
fenced to ten years in the Detroit penitentiary.
VIM Harrington is under arrest at Madison,
Wis, on the charge of having assaulted Alvina
Happy aged eighteen, with intent to commit
rape.
". j. Munden, member of the lower house
Of the North Carolina legislature, eloped with
the wife of J. H. johnson. They carried off a
large amount Of money.
Deputy United States Marshal Henry Sea-
graves, was shot dead by moonshiners in
Tennessee, who afterwards robbed his body of
watch, pistol and money.
Chas. A. Briggs aged twenty one, shot Chas.
Stetson dead during a dance at Pelham, Mass,
Stetson had separated from his wife, whom
Briggs had taken to the party.
About six miles from San Antonio, Texas,
Mrs Simpson and her mot. e., Mrs. Parker, were
raped and then killed by a sheep herder named
Philips, who also killed four year old son of
Mrs. Simpson, by dashing out his brains on
rock.
At Griffin, Ca, while the julilee singers
were gathered upon the stage in the first act of
Uncle TOMS Cabin, they were salutea with
shower of unhealthy hen fruit by bunlmers in
the gallery. The police bagged the egg throw
ers, the curtain dropped, the play ended, and
the disgusted but amused audience dispersed
The proceeding is strongly condemned by the
Griffin community.
J. W. Humble, a young Englishman aged 80,
was found in his room in the Leland house,
Chicago, with his throat cut, the right juglar
vein being severed. He came from Londoa,
Eng, last July, and appeared to be a man of
good family and considerable wealth. The
cause of the suicide is supposed to have been
financial embarrassment, resulting from un-
fortunate gambling and stock speculations He
still had So, 500 left of much larger sum
brought with him last summer.
Two years ago Rev, W. G.. Veal, prominent
Methodist preacher, was arraigned for car
nal and lustful assault on Mrs. Emma Griffin,
at Waxachatchie, Texas. This was his second
appearance in court for such scandalous con-
duct His church found him guilty, the Ma
sonic fraternity expelled him, and the court
fined him $500 From the latter verdict he
appealed to higher court, which granted him
new trial. His second trial terminated at
Waxachatchie in verdict of guilty, and he was
fined 81 900 and COSTS
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21
FIRES AND OTHER CASUALTIES.

FIRES AND OTHER CASUALTIES.
Lafayette McCorney, at New Sharon, Iowa,
while hunting was killed by accidental shoot
ing.
A fire at Cresco, Iowa, destroyed buildings
owned by Strother & Carpenter, Connolly &
Fitzgerald, and others.
The flax mill of the Smith & Dove Manufac-
turing company, at Frye village, Mass, was
burned. Loss, $75, 900; insured.
Five bodies from the wrecked schooner j. G.
Harrington, have been picked up by the crew Of
The Life Stat. on at Chatham, Mass. One was
identified as R. H. Anes.
run over and instantly killed by a train on the
PrairieDu Chen division Of the st. Pau lroad at
Milwaukee. He leaves wife and four children
Potter's large grocery store, at Stevens Point.
Wis.,. was destroyed by fire. The building was
owned by Mrs. G. r. White; valued at So, 200
and insured for 81 500. Potter Bros, stock
and household goods are estimated at S., 200,
stock and household goods were saved.
A man was run over on the track of the Min
neapolis & st Louis railroad near Montgomery,
L. Sueur county, Minnesota. Passengers recog-
nized the corpse as that Of a man named Gillen,
aged about fOrty-fve years, who had recently
arrived from Canada and who was living with
his brother, Michael Gillen, on the latter's
farm, about three miles from Montgomery,
A disastrous fire broke out in the hat manu-
factory of Stafford & Co., Buffalo, at midnight,
situated in Mathews block, destroying the
stock of the firm. amounting to $25, 900; in
sured for $22, 900. The buildings were owned
by J. N. Mathews, editor of the Morning Ex-
press, the loss being $4,000; insured. The
establishments OF E. Hirbchfield 4 Co., and Hi
ram Estein, adjoining, were injured by water
$5O,OOO.
): The German barque Tiger, spoken some
time ago, 124 out from Liverpool, with crew
by the steamer Nebo, has arrived within the
capes, but has not came up to Baltimore. Col
lector Thomas has asked Secretary Window to
send revenue cutterin search of the David
Stewart and bark Hottenbarn, both from Rio
Janeiro, and long overdue. The vessels were
spoken off the coast month ago and have moi
been heard of since
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21

The credibility of Father Hennepin is a
topic that has elected great deal of dis
cussion in the Northwest, notably between
Bishop Ireland and Rev. E. D. Neill; but
now Chicago writer has finished one side
Of the controversy by calling Father Henne-
pin the eli Perkins of early American
trsvlers.' It will puzzle anybody to an.
swer such an unusual argument, without a
ibelous analyses of the peculiar character
istics of Perkins,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21
cUT.THRoAT CONTRACTS INVALID.
Decision Of the Supreme Court Of Minnesota
on Harvester Note.

The Mi9neapos Harvester Wo,ks, apRsllant, vs.
Matthias Hally, respondent: Syllabus: This action
oPSa SHs 1hs Mnn 0 1875
On or before the first day Of September, 1879,
for value received in two NJ: l. reapers, promise
Works, two hundred and forty dollars at the Office
of Minneapolis Harvester Works, in Minneapolis,
Mimi, with inte est at the rate of II per cent per
maturity Tor in thirty days thereafter, then the in
terest snail be nothing And further agree, in con-
sid grafton Of the ersdit herein given that if this
thereon will pay five dollars additional on the
amount then due, for attorneys fees, aud the same
may be included in the JUDGMENT, and I fnrther
agree to pay all other reas able expenses incurred
in collecting this note.
The express condition Of the purchase and sale Of
the machine, for which this note is given, is such
not pass from the said Minneapolis Harvester
Works until this note and interest is paid in full.
And the said Minneapolis Harvester Works, their
authorized agents. are hereby fully authorized and
empowered to proceed to collect the same at any
time they may reasonably deem themselves insecure:
andeven before the maturity thereof. may take the
possession of said machine, sell the same and apply
the proceeds towards the payment of this note after
paying all costs and necessary expenses: also, this
note to become due upon the removal of its maker
may be paid in good farmers notes, taken and en-
P. O., BELLE PLANE, County of Scott, State Of
Witness: p B. Nettleton.
Itappeared the machines, which were the ex-
pressed consideration of the instrument, had been
taken from the possession Of the defendant by the
plaintiff, and sold
Held, That the result is total failure of consid
Grafton expressed in the instrument, and that what
ever remedy the plaintiff may have in the premises,
this action, which is brought upon the instrument
mentioned to recover the price therein agreed to be
paid by the defendant for the machines, cannot be
maintained.
The verdict was therefore right, and the order de-
nying new trial 10 accordingly affirmed.
BERRY ]
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21

A LAW was enacted by the last Missouri
legislature requiring the judges of the su-
preme court of that state to give written
opinions only in cases where their decisions
involve some new or important principle
of law. Two objects will be accomplished
by this referm; the judges will be relieved
of large amount of useless labor, and the
reports of the supreme court will not be
burdened with decisions on trid.ng matters.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21

JUDGE SHERMAN PAGE, of Austin, has
written long letter, severely criticizing the
recent trial of John A. Riley, and particu-
larly the alleged conduct of Mr.. Goodwin,
the county attorney. He makes charges of
conspiracy among the business men of the
place to defeat any fair trial, and says MIR.
Goodwin, the county attorney, in his wish
to aid. Riley. acted dishonesty toward Judge
Page. He is satisfied there was q deliber-
ate plan to give the case away and he thinks
the jury was composed of personal and po-
itical enemies to himself, one of them he
charges with having said before the trial
that "Riley ought to be hung for not killing
Page" He ends by saying that if the courts
are powerless to protect the lives of citizens
the sooner the people drift back to the prin-
ciples and practice of self protection the
better. Mr.. J. NJ. Burlingame, of Owatonna,
associated with the county attorney in the
prosecution, has also published a letter de-
nying seriaim all the injurious charges of
Judge Page, and stating that the prosecu-
ton tried to do their whole duty in the mat
ter, and that Mr.. Page from the outset of
his connection with the case, threw every
possible impediment in the way Of success.
IN addition to this statement, Judge Farm
er, in his charge to the jury, specially CON-
pli,nented the attorneys on both sides for
their able presentation of the case With
these new issues it will be understood
that the Austin unpleasantaess is not in q
fair way Of immediate settlement.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21

The transportation rates on grain and
provisions from the west to the seaboard,
promises to be much lower this season then
ever before. The trunk raj roads, in ad-
vance Of the opening Of navigation, have
made material reductions, andare constant
ly cutting each other. The greatest diff
fculty now encountered by the producer,
is getting proportionate]y low rates from
local lines, which scarcely ever follow to
any extent the example of the trunk lines.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21
NEWS FROM WASHINGTON,

J. H. Paine of Wisconsin has been appointed
chief clerk of the department of agriculture, to
succeed Gen. A. e. Carman, relieved.
Senator Edmunds reappeared in the city
Monday, and received many congratulations
from his associates on both sides of the chamb-
er upon his return from Florida in restored
health.
Ex-senator Bruce of Mississippi was tender
ed the Brazilian mission, and declined it, on the
ground that the country was unhealthy and he
would not take his family there, and also On the
ground that in Brazil a colored man would not
probably be we'll received. Mr. Bruce will, it
is said, be provided with good position with
in the United States.
Gov. Ordway of Dakota, has taken council
of the secretary of war, who ordered that the
people suffering from the flood should be allow
ed to draw on the depots for army supplies at
government price wherever there are any to
be had. Suffering is reported already at Fort
Pierre, where there are some stores, which,
with Fort Randall, will be drawn upon.
A dispatch has been sent to Gen. Terry, at
St. Paul, directing the issue of the necessary
Supplies and clothing all along the river from
Pierre to Yankton and Vermillion, Oak, where
the greatest destitution exists. 1t is hoped that
this measure of relief may be sufficient, al
though the governor telegraphed Secretary
Hand to draw on hi personally, if necessary,
to relieve any immediate suffering.
The president stated to western senator
this morning that the administration was good
deal embarrassed from the fact that no con-
firmatons had been made. and that unless
something could be done soon he would be COM
PEELED to convene the senate in special extraor-
dinary session to confirm certain specific
nomna tons which he might name. Among
other officers necessary to be confirmed, he
stated, was the commissioner of Indian affairs
1t appears that the law requires the signature
of that officer to certain documents connected
with supplies which cannot go forward to the
agencies tn spring unless the commissioner is
confirmed.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21

THE new anti monopoly movement in
Wisconsin is acquiring considerable mo-
mentum of the formation of farmers alli-
nnces in various counties, and it is predict
ed that the subject will be made an issue in
the next State election and that both the
republican and democratic parties will be
forced to nominate granger candidates..
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21
CURRENT EVENTS.

A very severe snow storm prevailed all over
New England on the 18th.
Commodore Davidson's new packet line
company has capital stock Of s. 900, 900.
The ice in Lake Superior is solid and naviga-
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21

The New York Sun has an inquisitive
correspondent who wants to know when
he new Bible goes into effect.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21
FOREIGN FLASHES.


Edwin Booth will probably cancel his engage
ment and return to America with his wife, who
is very ill, and not expected to recover.
The Irish authorities have made arrange
ments to seize in the future all copies of the
New York Irish World in transit between New
York and Queenstown as reasonable publica-
ton.
Nicholas Ludoeilafsky, an important nihilist,
was recently arrested by Roumanlan authorities
He was implicated in peasant disorders, but
escaped punishment by decamping, first to
England and then to America. He afterwards
returned to Roumania. The Russian govern
ment has taken steps for his extradition.
Bismarck has submitted motion to the
federal council, that whereas the population
has increased nearly two and half millions,
the coinage Of silver be increased IL, ,OOO,O 900
marks; 339, 600, 900 pounds of silver bars in
the treasury to be devoted to that purpose.
The German delegates to the monetary confer
ence have started for Paris. Il .
The Stolen Remains OF A. T. Stewart.
The latest intelligence concerning the re-
mains of the late A. T. Stewart, the great dry
goods man of New York is tho following. About
twelve days ago Mr.. Hilton, Mrs. Stewart and
about dozen others arrived at Hampstead,
L. L, by special train: A coffin was taken to
ne cathedral, and the party were there a long
time, the cathedral being lighted and the doors
locked. 1t is further said that the body was
put in the Crypt III the basement beneath the
chancel, and that masons then laid the stones,
bolted them, poured lead around the bolts in
the eyeholes, and sealed the masonary with CO.
ment Electricians skillfully laid wires from
various parts Of the masonary and OF the cyrpt
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1881-04-21

upward to the chime of the bells in the steeple
in such malnersthat if any person shond at-ssE
tempt an ellIancesevery bell in the ESsteeple !
would ring. ~ s%Ssa ~ ~ g., ,s$sfss>a 4