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The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26
Cowboy Murders III Nebraska

Four cowboys came to Mindep, on Sat-
urday with herd OF ponies. Two Of the
party left for Hastings Monday afternoon.
Last Monday night Sheriff Woods of Hitch
cock county arrived from Kearnev to arrest
them for stealing ponies. Woods went into
hotel called the Prairie Home. where the
two cowboys sat at supper. Placing his
hand on the shoulder Of one, said You are
my prisoner" when his partner drew re-
volver and shot woods. killing him. R. b.
Kelly Of Newark endeavored to stop the
COWBOYS from escaping, but they opened
fire on him and also killing him instantly.
They like wise shot young man named
Collins, who died a few hours later. The
cowboys got ontside, and jumping OH their
horses and firing revolvers, made their es-
cape. A large body Of men quickly started
in pursuit, but had not captured up to late
hour to-day.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26
Recent Post Office Changes.

MINNESOTA.
Established-McVey, Pipestone county,
James McVey, postmaster; Sundahl, Norman
county, Jacob E. Eid, postmaster.
~Discontinued-Elliota, Fillmore county;
Oak Hill, Todd county; Red Lake, Betram
county.
Postmasters Appointed-Horicon Martin
county, Mrs. Adeline Fowler; Lake Lillian,
Kandiyohi county, Lawrence P. Owre; Lon.
don, Freedom county, A. E. Johnston.
WISCONSIN.
Established-Malcolm Langlade county.
Thomas Hutchinson, postmaster: Russell.
Trempealeau county, William Hunter, post
master.
Observation-Disclosures, Keweunee
county: Urban, Buffalo county.
Name changed-St. Fran is Station, Mil
waukee county, to st. Francis and Adolphe
Schultz appointed postmaster.
Postmasters appolnted-El Salem, Polk
county, F. Henry Rasmason; Embarrass,
Waupaca county, A. w. Willmarth; Grand
mother Falls, Lincoln county, James II.
Ingersoll; Harrisville, Marquette county, NJ.
]. Harrington, Kempster Langlade county,
Edward 8. Brooks
Established-Noel, Scott county, John T.
Noel, postmaster.
Postmasters Appointed Page
county, Miss Alice NJ. Baker; Decatur, De-
catur county. Henry Parrish; La Fayette.
Linn county. H. B. Neighbour; Masonville,
Delaware county, P. w. Quick; Morseman,
Page county, Robert Mckie; Sidney, Ere
mont county, NJ. F. Moonan.
DAKOTA.
Established-Arctic, Stutsman county,
Henry Griffin. postmaster; Iowa, Hand|coun-
ty, Jonathan r. johnson postmaster; Swan,
RANSOM county, Michael E. Donohue post
master.
Observation-Disclosures, Pembina county,:
Square Butte, Morton county.
Postmaster Appointed-Antioch, Lincoln
county, Ira soule; Beotia, Sphinx county,
E. G Johnson; Cummings. Traill county.
D. =. Wilbur; Dundee, Walsh county, John
J: Mariijoeren; Rockton, Miner county,
Marie A. F. Dunn, Sturgis. Lawrence coun-
ty, H. P. Lynch; Terraville, Lawrence
comfy. Jonn +. Winn.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26
.Peril0uS Work.

There were three or four of us Mich
iGanders at the same hotel in Mont
.,omery, and all were amazed at the
sight of 50 many colored men loafiny
their time away on the street. The man
from loani county finally thought he'd
make a few inquiries, and beckoning to
4 st;elwart black who had spent the last
two hours on the curbstone, he asked.
"Iave you any work to do?"
Not llst now, sah."
'.Have you ever tried farming?'
<<Oh, yes.''
"And how did you come out?''
"AIighty slim, sab. De white folks
down hcah loan' encourage de black
folks tall"
FLOWS that?"
"Wall, in de flst place. dar's de rent
of de land. Dey might jist as well frow
off de rent, but dcy won't do it. Den if
=! git de land an sot out to borry mule
nobody will lend me one.
"Suppose you had muller"
Den whar could l borry a plow?
Can't raise crops unless We plow. Den
when got de plow an went ober to
Kurnel Whites to borry harness de
Kurnel wouldn't be home, or he'd be
us'n all the straps he had"
Couldn't you make it 60 if you had
land, seed, mule, plow an harness?'
asked the Wolverine.
II reckon l might, but l du mo.
'Sposiu' de mule expired, or dehar-
ness broke, or some niger stole my
plow??"
''That's so."
"An' de old woman might die, or one
OBJ de chill'n git snake bit or it might
rain fo' weeks without a break. Tell
you what boss: ,you:.men from the Norf
think it looks hard to see so many Of us
lynn roun' de owns without work, but
of gittin' right down to hard work an
takin' all de chances. Ny ole woman
says it seems like hyin' in de face oh de
Lawd, an reckon she's mighty nigh
k'rect."
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26

Money has become closer than at any
period during the last year, and the
the rate of interest mu:h higher. The
banks at the money centres are restrict.
ing loans to regular customers and out.
siders have to ,tain gi!t-e dyed indorse-
ments for their paper, aud then it is no,
always accepted. The vast business op-
erations Of the year, including railroad
building, starting Of new enterprises,
other building operations, and deals in
real estate, and han ling the immense
crops. have absorbed vast amount Of
money hence the scarcity at present
Eventually, most Of it Will get back tc
the capitalists, which have depleted tc
be again distributed to borrowers.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26

The November number Of the North
American Review contains an article
entitled the "Pretensions OF Journal
ISM written by Mr.. George I. Rider,
an Episcopal clergyman living in Con-
necticut, which is Il severe ar
fragment OF many Of the
daily sensational papers, not only
for their arrogant pretensions, but for
grosser faults and abuses of functions
and misconceptions of dnty. There will
be fierce replies and denials, but if it
does anything towards purifying the
daily newspapers, and making them
more trust worthy sources Of informa-
ton it will do good. The patience of the
most charitable readers has become
wearied of reading in almost every issue
what they have been accustomed to find
diScrelited the next day,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26

During the first seventy-fve years OF
the republic only 81 ,0o6,s acres ofpub-
lie land were granted to states for inter-
nal improvements, but irom 1861 to 1875
no less than 1913, ,O0O,o geo acres weio given
to railways. Let what remains Of the
public lands be carefully guarded, that
may be distributed among tillcrs OF
the soil.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26
New Patents Issued.

MINNESOTA
John G. Breasted, St. Paul, pantograph.
Charles Knapp, Winona, curry comb. E.
F. Osborne, st. Paul: adjustable actuator
for registers; steam heating apparatus
tic label holder
James F. Crandall, Waterford, gate.
George M. Conway, Milwaukee, steam
pumping engine. Paul p Herbeag, G ale,
jackson, Fort Atkinson, jump-seat carriage.
William W. Lowell, Racine, valve gear.
IOWA
i. A. Abbott, Marshalltown, grain drier
and cooler. Cole Barber, Woodburn, wash
ing machine. Lewis B. Berkley, Waterloo,
wagon. R. H. Dennis, Seymour, toe-calk
swage. Edward Ebi, Cedar Rapids, car
brake. Edwin Barber, Council Bluffs, muz-
zie. J. H. Parkhill, Mount Pleasant, tail
ers' measure. Lester NJ. Rich, Cedar Rapids,
pump bucket. D. A. Yoakam, Windam,
corn PAINTER.
Named for Congress.
Charles Rhodes, dem., Twenty-fcurth
New York district
S. E. Merwin, Jr., rep, Second Connetic-
A: H. Davis, deu., Twenty. fifth New
York.
Sweet the Independent candidate with
draws in. Davis favor.
H: P. Low, rep, Fourteenth New York.
Gilbert Collins, rep, Seventh New jersey.
r. 3. Craden, pro-, Fourth Illinois.
+. G. Winkler, rep, Fourth Wisconsin.
Roswell r. Flower dem EloVanoth Novv
York.
Charles. F. Thompson, dem., Seventh
Massachusetts district
Harvey Markham, gbk., First New York.
Sylvester Tripp. gbk., Thirteenth Penn.
sylvania.
John L. Blake, rep, Sixth New Jersey
Lyman w. Coe, rep, Fourth Connecticut
George D. Robinson, rep, Twelfth Massa-
Isaac T. Allen, pro-, Seventh New Jersey.
John ]. Penrose, dem, Third connecticut
district. -
D. II. Mclean Qong term) and George
Balm (short term), Anti -Filley reps, Third
Missouri.
John Hardy, Irving Hall dem., Ninth
New York.
W. B. Early, dem., Sixteenth Pennsyl.
vania.
Edgar E. Dean, dem., tsecnd Massachu-
sets district. .,-..
.-----Eiedler, DEM, Sixth New Jersey f..
d. }. Spooner, rep, First Rhobe Island
John G. McConahy, dem., Twenty-fourth
Pennsylvania.
1,.na 3onithsn Ghses 'ep Second Rhode
+ Wendell Philips, pro-, Fourth Massach,,-
sett.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26

The Duluth Electric Light and Power
company is now an incorporated body, hav.
ing filed articles with the secretary of state
The capitol stock is 100000. J. W. Van
Brant, George Green, A. L. Ordeaux, viii.
liam R. Stone, George Spsncer, John La
Vague, Albert :. Chase are the incorpora.
tors.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26
Mrs. ScOvilIe One Ofa Bad lot.

In the Scovil!e insanity case now being
heard in Chicago Fanny Scoville Harper,
the daughter, testified that she intercept
ed a note from george E. Earle, the Chica-
go correspondent of the St. Paul GLOBE ! to-
Mrs. Scoville the contents of which were
improper, and had seen her mother kiss
three men and had heard of many others
she had kissed. She declined to give names.
Or. A. McFarlane of Jacksonville, Illinois,
who was subpenaed but did not testify in
the Guiteau murder trial, and who has been
for twenty years in hospitals for the insane
in New Hampshire and Illinois, said eight
cen years ago Luther w. Guiteau brought to
him an insane sister for treatment. From
Guiteau's talk, which was very peculiar, he
set him down as a crazy man The impress
sion was very strong on Witness and he
readily saw how Luther's son could enter
into state of min Il to kill President Gar
field. He met Mrs. Scoville in Washington
last winter, She had a fierce controversy
with John w. Gniteau about witness testi-
mony. John declared that nobody should
testify, that his father was insane Mrs.
;scoville said he should testify. and said that
all the family were predisposed to insanity
He believed Mrs Scoville's tainting and
epilepsy were sure producei insanity. Her
being a chaste and loving wife until recently,
and her sudden change, was evidence to
him. He held, in short that the whole
family, including John w., was of unsound
mind and insane. - Z
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26
Grimes AMI Criminals.

Ridgley Powell, Simon Ogiun, Joe King,
Rob Donne]son, aud Ella Moor, negroes,
were hanged i'll the Jail yard at Eastman,
Ga, for completely in the riot which occurred
at Eastman Aug. s, at camp meeting, in
which white man named James Harvard
was set upon by an infnriated mob, after
being shot by one of the men, and beaten al
most to jelly by others. The woman
raised the first howl which excited the mob
to its desperate work. No attempt was
made to rescue them, and not more than
fifty negroes, fro'l whom violence was ex-
pected, were in town. A detachment ot
military from Macon was present for pro-
lection of the officers.
A few miles south of Mineral Springs.
Howard county, Ark, officers from Texas
with requisition for the arrest of two men
named George, went with a posse to the
house of the father of the fugitives and found
the men sitting on the porch. The parties
were ordered by the officers not to move,
but they started into the house, when the
posse fired, killing the old man George and
one son and fatally wounded young man
who happened to be present on visit.
Asleek citize, giving the name of Wilson
has been arrested in Buffalo county, Neb.,
charged with soliciting subscriptions to Har--
per's Magazine and collecting money thereon
without the authority of the publishers.
Fr1 IS OF his enterprise had
had netted him $4,000, but only
s15 was found on his person.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26
NeNS of the Railroads.

The Rock Island road announces the COM
pletion of a traffic arrangement with the s .
Paul & Omaha line by which it will bill
fr::ght through from Chicago to Sioux City.
This seems to indicate that the Rock Island
has secured controlling influence in the
Northwestern gains admission to St. Paul
The Northern Pacific earnings for the Sec
ond week in October were $185. POO; increase,
$53, ,339. The earnings of the Chicago, Mil
waukee g. st. Paul railway for the second
week in October were $4,000; 1852, 2,OOO
The St. Paul & Duluth is increasing its
earnings at SIG, 900 per week.
A collision occurred on the Northern Pa.
cific near Norman, between Brainerd and
Duluth, whereby seven or eight laborers
were severely injured and are fatally.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26
Foreign Demand for American Grain

Foreign Demand for American Grain
The New York Economist says; The ex-
ports OF breadstuffs from the country are very
encouraging, considering the condition of
affairs abroad and the light demand
which had been expected During
the last two months the increase has amount
ed to 100000 bushels of wheat, and there
is a prospect that this rate will continue, since
tho European crops are not turning out so
we'll as was expected. The latest estimate
are that from 80 000, 600 to 4O, 600, 900 bushels
more than was estimated some time since
Prussia, Southern Russia and Spain the ce-
real crops, are quite disappointing owing to
droughts. The demand for our grains, there
fore, is likely to increase On the other hand
the situation in Egypt will allow alfair crop
where deficit was expected and India con-
tinues as aprobabTe competitor. Australia
will ship but little wheat this year, although
reports from that quarter state that in the
near future large exports from the southern
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26

Texas has 100000 acres Of school
land, and it's present value is about $780,
NO, 600, which value is said to be increas-
ing at the rate of copper cent. per annum,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26
Record of Fires ana Casualties,

At Rochester, N. Y, James e.. Wescott
had his head crushed while he was chang
ing and arranging the currents on wires from
which the electricity had not been taken of
as IS the custom while men are at work
The lithcgraphing and printing establish
ment of August Cast & Go. St, Louis was
damaged by fire Thursday morning about
$4,000. The stock is valued at $9O, 900, and
insured at $76,OO
Disastrous prairie fires are raging in the
vicinity of North Platte, Neb., and party
has gone by special train to fight the flames.
Charles Weber, a brakeman, fell from a
Northern Pacific train at Hanley and w,a
killed.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26
Personal 11ad I1,aoers0,aul,

Pe2SONNL O2lN lnlLe1SO7lNL.
Eugene Bogardus son Of Capt. W. H
Bogardus, champion shot oI the world,
who, with his father and younger brother,
has been travelling with circus, giving ex-
hibitions of their shooting, during the past
summer, fell off the rear end of a car of the
circus train soon after leaving Talladega,
Ala. Wednesday morning, and sustained
terrible injuries which will more than likely
result in death.
Miss MILDLY Morgan, the famous female
live. stock reporter Of the New York Times,
seems to have caught on to Montana She
thinks it is destined to be the greatest cattle.
raising country in the wotld, and looks
forward to time when New York will be
supplied with the choicest beef in the world,
grovu and slaughtered in Montana, and
shipped to New York in refrigerator cars.
Kenward Philip of New York, who was
accused OF being the writer of the Morey
letter has commenced suit against George
Bliss, upon whose complaint Philip was ar
rested. Mr.. Philip says that all papers in
connection with the original suit have dis
appeared from the distric attorneys office.
Rear Admiral Hugh Young Purviance, the
third Oldest officer in the United States navy,
died recently in his eighty-fourth year,
at his late residence in Baltimore, Of a COM
pllcation of diseases incident to old age. The
deceased had only been sick since las; Thurs
day.
Hon. W. c. Dspaun ofNew Albans, Ind,
last night conditionally made donation OF
$500, 900 to Asbury university, of Greencastle
Ind, and will arrange in his will for further
endowment. The whole amount of his gifts
will be about 81, 100000.
The honored name of Judge Timothy P.
Redfeld of Vermont is privately associated
with recent New York experience similar
to that which Charles Francis Adams was
the victim few months ago, and involving
the loss Of some $1,000.
Capt. G. w. .~Folger, son Of the secretary of
the treasury, has gone from his Minnesota
home to Geneva, N. Y, where he will spend
the winter with his mother. He is suffering
from disease of the lungs. , -
Ex-Gov. E. w. Stran of New Hampshire
lies very low at his residence in Manches-
ter, with brain disease and paralysis. 4 y.
The remains of Adelaide Philips will be
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26
Minnesota Educational AssociatiOn II
Price List of State Text Books.

FFICt IISt OI SCtCe IcXC DOUKS.
Because Of the loss to the State in transmitting
text books to districts ordering the price Of writing
books will be changed from 8 to 10 cents EACH
This order will take effect Nov I, 992, aud sales
will hereafter be made according to the following
list:
SCHOOL LAW.
Sec. 5. The moneys received by the clerk or
agent of any school district for books by him sold
in pursuance Of the provisions Of the said act, to
which this act is supplementary, shall be paid quar-
terly to the treasurer of the district, for the
use and benefit of such district.
Sec 6. The superintendent Of public instruction
shall fix price upon each book which will cover
the cost of transmitting them to the several
ties OF this State,
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26
From Foreign Lands.

Jennings London cable Although there
has been very fair harvest in this country
generally, trade continues very stagnant in
all the chief branches. Accounts from the
iron and cotton districts are especially bad,
and two other heavy failures in Stafford
shire are reported AS is usually the case
when trouble OF this sort is going on, several
strikes are said to be in process of prepara-
ton Of the coal trade. It was confidently
supposed that good crops, which have at
last rewarded our long-suffering farmers,
would restore activity to the manufacturing
districts, but the people are now beginning
to see that there are other causes at work to
England's disadvantage besides agricultural
depression.
A committee of the National Land league
! has adopted an address to the Irish people in
substance as follows: Landlords have
combined with the purpose of breaking the
spirit of the tenant. The dsmay which the
present scale of judicial rents has created
among applicants to conrts renders it more
! necessary now than ever that the tenantry
should be reunited in vigilant and Lawful
association for the purpose of protecting
| themselves from injustice. The ins1icatior
Of all our struggles is to transfer all local
power and patronage from the privileged
strangers to the hands of the people aud SC
fortify the people for the work OF self-gov.
ernme1t.
Mr.. Louden, delegate to the Irish Ma
tiona conference, who was hoote d blythe con
ference on an attempt to speak, writes the
Freemen's Journal that he knows he has
| drawn upon himself the hatred of the Irisl
members of parliament particularly that o.
| Thomas Power O. Common. He uOuden
says he has always held that American:
! subscribed to assist the victims Of the ty
ranny OF landlords not gvebloated salaries
| to Irish members of parliament.
Deep and unbounded are the sympathie:
of Victor Hugo. He has just made an ap
peal for the life of Arab Pasha. The dis
tinguished bard has frequently been success
| full in similar humane work. Many years
ago he saved life by a poetical appeal tt
the king Of France and in 1880 he rescued
several Russian Nihilists, who were nnde
the death sentence, by an impassioned snp
plication to the czar.
The English are making good deal o
fuss about admitting a memorial bust o
! Longfellow to Westminster Abbey Tht
dead poets real friends will not press tn,
matter. An honor shared with the son O.
Louis Napoleon is not so precious as to b.
clamored for.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26
A Busy Colored Sexton in Texas.

Dallas, (Texas) Special: Last Spring Con-
stable Hodge was brutally murdered while
doing his duty by a, desperate named. Stew
ems and several accomplices. A part of the
gang were arrested a few weeks later, but
Stevens escaped to the Indian Territory.
He has been living among negroes. He had
misunderstanding with one whom he and
will be imported by the United Kingdom in
order to meet the increased deficit. In
two negroes intended to kill The negro
heard of their Intentions and put up job.
He informed Stevens that several horses
were in the mountoins and proposed to as
sist in stealing them. 1t was q bargain, and
while Stevens was in the act of capturing
one Of the animals the negro killed and
buried him. He went back and called
the murdered mans wife out and killed and
buried her also. He succeeded in i:''ing
the negroes that were in collision with Ste
vens. He was captured last Thursday and
has shown where the bodies of his victims
were buried.
The Northern Pacific farmer., 1882-10-26

John G. Breasted, St. Paul, pantograph.
Charles Knapp, Winona, curry comb. E.
F. Osborne, st. Paul. adjustable actuator
for reg gisters; steam heating apparatus
William w. Quiggle, Winnebag2 City, bot
tic label holder.
Daily Republican., 1882-12-16
Aaayere CbaasIsesneuS.

Thaddeus Lowe, q pupil In Hyatts
Military Academy, at Chester, Pa,
received severe flogging on Monday
last by Col. hyatt who used raw hide
on the boy and bruised his leGs from
the hip TO the ankle In terrible man
ner. One Of them presented . sicken
ing sight. After inhictlng the severe
whipping the boy was placed in = dun
Reon, where he was allowed 70 remain,
with the blood tric&linE down his legs,
for "a hours without food other than
bread ard water. Tho bCy is only Is
years OF age and is now under the care
Of DR.. j. V. Shoemaker, in PhilAdel
phia. The cause of the punishment, as
related by the boy. was inflicted on &C
count Of his missing several lessonI
and for drawing comicai picture on
his slate, The occurrence has created
considerable talk among the patrons OF
the school and il is thought the father
Of the boy will take some action against
tho President OF the Academy,
Daily Republican., 1882-12-16
ANMFrOW Easapo.

Yesterday afternoon q boy named
Patrick Thornton. 10 years Of age, made
a narrow escape from drowning In the
BrAndywine near Brsck's mill dam.
He WAS playing on theics, which broke
aud preo'pitsted him into the water,
where he was Jotally Anable 70 assist
himself Timothy HoCarty and James
Nedry seeing the boys danger broke
the chain Of a boat and undertook to
make their way te him through the ice.
They found, however. that they could
not reach him, as while the ice was too
thick TO force the boat through 1t was
not strong euough TO bear either Of the
Hen. Fortunately they hsppsneS to
have two pieces Of rope in the boat,
which they tied together, and throwing
one end Of il 10 the boy told him to
hold on TO II, and by this means pulled
him to the boat. The little fellow was
almSst exhausted and thoroughly
chilled, having been in the water about
10 minutes.
Daily Republican., 1882-12-16
special SermOns.

Tomorrow morning at the Delaware
Avenue Baptist Church the Rev. l. NJ
HaldemAn, pastor, will begin q cour' Q
Of sermons ON the Second ceminE Of
Christ" The subject for tomorrow
will be "The direct statements Of
Scripture that SChrist will come 70 this
Earth a SecondsTime." The rest Of the
series will be In the following order:
"The Second Coming Of Christ Pre-
Miilenial," "The Twofold Coming is
Rapture and Revelation" The Politi-
cal Changes in the Roman Earth, "
''Ths Direct Calling and Hope Of the
Church." "Ths Benefits Of Doctrine ~
Hope" Tomorrow evening there
will be the baptism OF little crippled
nSRsboY.