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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

The republicans are now completely in
possession of France, and the reactionaires
Of all names and conditions are evidently
losing ground. Nothing but criminal folly
on the past Of republicans in power can
ever give France to the monarchists or to
the destructiYes.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

The people of southern Illinois are poor
and suffering on acsount of the failurs of
the corn crop. In other states there is
privation from the loss of wheat Stories of
pleasant reading. All these things are but
accumulations Of argument in favor of di-
ve,si6ed farming and against putting all
the eggs in one basket, but it appears that
not even disaster and suffering are able to
work speedy reform. 1t will come, how
ever, when bitter experience has done it's
mission
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

The American oyster has become as pop
ular in Great Britain as American beef,
American cheese, American game, Ameri-
can vegetables and fruit. The supply falls
far below the demand and John Bull con-
tinually calls for more"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

slightest trace of excitement conversed for
some minutes before taken from the court
room.
Upon the arrival Of Guiteau ct the Jail he
was at once taken to hia cell and . guard placed
over him. This precaution IL always observed
In casee Of prisoners under sentence Of death,
and will be rigidly adhered to in this case, both
by night and by daY.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

PRICES continue to advance and things
are so high that the average man has hard
time Of it in making old incomes cover new
prices. A mighty business boom has its
drawbacks, after oil. A tendency to over
productions, extravaganza in almost every
rection, uncertainty and forboding of the
future are ever present. Fortunate is the
man, especially in times like these, who
keeps level head on his shoulaes, and
possesses sufficient intelligence to
thoroughly appreciate the situation.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
AN EASTERN STORM,
The Heaviest for Year-Railways BlOckade.l
and Travel Suspended.

Ine He8VieSE Tor IT a1%-hAltWayS ElOckaueti
and Travel Suspended.
A Newport special says: The snow storm,
accompanied with heavy northwest gale,
which set in at o'clock on Saturday after
noon, was not oVet until daylight, and it will
60 upon record as the most severe storm
known OF this coast for many years The
country roads in this section Of the state arc
complete ~ blocked with snow drifts from
Twelve to fifteen feet III height
A Boston special says: The snow storm was
very severe throughout New England and last
cd until afternoon TO- day. Attendance a!
churches was light. in some places churches
not being open. Trains are delayed and streets
and country roads are badly blocked. The
storm is reported very lesvy throughout New
Hampshire, Vermont and Maine Dispatciles
from points in Nsw Hampshire show snow
fall OF from eighteen iuches to two feet Al
Gardiner, Me-, the roads about the city are &C
badly drifted that it will be several days before
Communication can be had with the surround
ing country.
A New York special says: 'tNot even las
winter, which was one Of excessive aud per
sistent snow storms, was there probably day
on which the streets and roads were encum'
5ered with such immense Quantities OF fresh
fallen snow "a WAS the case on Tuesday,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
A Bad Account OF the Old Bay State.

A Massachusetts letter in a Massachu-
sets newspaper, says: "rhe depravity of
our rural communitieS is fast growing, and
q home missionary could find fields quite
as sadly in need of evangelizing here in
Berkshire as in India or CHINA, while
large majority of the loafers whom one sees
on public days at such places as Pittsfelds,
Great Darlington, Lee or North Adams,
who get the drunkest, reel on the streets
and are easily distinguishable by their un-
couth appearance and dress. with pant legs
hill towns, and their home life is of tho
same grade. A drive through most of the
towns will show scores of homes little bet
ter than ht,ts, with tumble: down barns and
fences, and the general surroundings on the
same level"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

The best financial authorities agree that
the interest Of money this year will rule
higher in this country than it has during
Wear or two past
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

P. O. Rcs Of Wadens, railway laborer, is
one OF the forty heirs to an estate OF 81, $780,
600.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

On Saturday Jndge Cox sentenced qqiteau to
be hung on the 3Oth Of June. 'ss:.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
POSTOFFICE CHANGES
During the Week Ending January 20, Is

During the Week Ending January 2s, 1882,
MINNESOTA
y, Established- Deer Wood. Grow Wing County,
Chas. G. Wheeler, postmaster.
Observation-Disclosures. Mcleod county; Waton-
wan, Blue Earth county.
Name Chanzed-Grandview, Lyon county, to
Postmasters Appointed Cleveland Lie sueul
county: L. d. Lampman, postmaster; Clihera
Otter Tail county, Michael Anderson, postmaster
Elbow Lake, Grant county, VSafforda. postmaster
Holden, Goodhue county, Augun Fl. Broke, post
gan. postmaster; North Fork, Stearns county, Al
bert J. Anderson. postmaster; Rce's, Renton coun-
ty, N. + Trace, postmaster: Waconia. Carver
, Estabilshed-Hatton. Waupaca county, Jonathan
p Shoemaker, postmaster.
Shawano county; Wyoming, Iowa county.
,v rana It rAgoointedApp1e River Polk coun
Stein: Elmdale. Grant county, Richard E. Rev
nolds: dunderson. BAYFIELD, county, Mrs Kate l.
Brown: Newton. Vernon county. Leo Rayner:
White Oak Springs. Lafayette county. Edwin Saw
Established-Burt, Kossnth county, Peter NJ
Nathan L. Brown. postmaster: Pony aa B SSe's
county. VIM. 8. Robinson, postmaster; Stanhone
Hamilton county, Mrs. Lucy ]. Parker, post
mistress.
Postmasters Appointed Delaware, Delaware
county. Chas. T. White: Littleton, Buchanan
county. John Cameron: Mackey Grove, Boone
county. II. G. Hill: Seneca, Kossuth county, w, w.
Alcosn: staceyville. Mitchell county, Mrs. Melana
i: Orcutt: Zero, Lucas county, Mrs. Rebecca
Shepherd.
.. DAKOTA.
Name ChanRed-Rex. Hand county. to King.
Search for Arctic Explorers
Secretary Hunt has designated Lieut.. Giles
.. darces and Master W. II. Sleutze of the
navy a. the officers toassist Lieut. Danenhauer
IN me search for Lieut.. Chipp and his crew,
ana they will take passage on the steamship
Germenic, which leaves New York Satnria1
with the expectation Of reaching Irkutsch abo;,t
the middle OF March. Their instructions are
not quite complete, but will include orders to
spare neither effort nor expense in the prose-
cQtlon OF the work assigned them. Iient
HARDER is now in command Of the torpedo
Alarm at the navy yard at Washington Mas
Ter Sheutze is on leave in st. Louis. He haa
been ordered to proceed to New York without
delay. "'''''0'
An infatuated Young Woman.
Quite sensation was produced in social
circles Of Rockford, ILL.,, last week, over the
opponent OF prominent society young lady
70 Drake, and the individual Who has s1cceeded
u winning her affections bears the name Of
himbel The father of the Young lady over
took the runaway couple when short distance
out Of the city and tried tC induce his daughter
Q return g her home. but she was apparently
1eteImined to marry Kimball and the father.
returned alone
Five persons have died in Minneota Jack
on county, from hiQhinR
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09
An infatuated Young Woman.

Five persons have died in Minneota jack
sop county, from triohinR. -
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-02-09

science to recognize the iniquity OF such in
act.
The Prisoner: That's matter Of opinion
Your own testimony shows that you reooiled
with horror from the idea You say that you
prayed against it You say that you Thought
1t might be prevented. This shows that your
conscience warned you against ii, but by the
wretched sophistry Of your own mind
E0't Of 9ons UP snst tae
What motive could have induced you to this
act must be matter Of conjecture Probably
men will think that some fanaticism OF morbid
desire for self exaltation was the real inspi-
ration for the act. Your own testimony. gems
They have maintained and fought honestly
believe, that you were driven against your viii
by insane inspiration. The testimony showed
that you deliberately resolved to do it,
s guided tina; viii %ss t5s so Ind on1 mis-
This may seem insanity to some persons, but
the NV looks upon it as wi'ful crime. You
will have due opportunity OF having any er-
rors may have committed during the course
Of the trial passed upon by the oourtin bare, but
the sentence Of tho law, that you be taken
hence to the common Jail Of the district from
whence yon came, and there be kept in con-
f1nement, and Friday, the 3Oth Of June,
1882, you be taken to-. place
and 2 p. m, be hanged by the neck until you
and dead, and may the Lord have mercy on
yonr soul
During the reading Guiteau stood apparent
~ unmoved and with his gaze rivited upon tho
judge, but when the final words were spoken
he struck the table violently and shouted,
And may the Lord have mercy on your soul
I'd rather stand where I do than where that
jury does and where your honor stands. I'm not
afraid to die.
stand here .as Gods man, and God Al
mighty will curse every man who has had
part in procuring this unrighteous verdict
Nothing but good has come from Garfield's re-
moval, and that will be the verdict of posterity
on my inspiration. don't care snap for the
verdict Of this corrupt generation. I would
rather thousand times be in my
position than that Of those who have
TAINTED me to death. shall have glorious
night to glory, bnt that miserable ecoandreL
Oorkhill, will have = permanent job down be-.
low. where the Gevil j. pref ared for him.
After apparently taiklng himself out tie
prisoner turned to his brother and without the
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-01-27

Ohio paid only $40 per car to the
same point. Another instance: 1t
costs $l,25 per barre! loss to ehip
oil from Parkersburg to Cincinnati,
md thence to New York, than il
did to ship from Psrkersburg direct.
l might multiply instances by the
hour, but only adduce these to give
you an idea of some Of the burthsns
that our shippers are compelled to
carry in this line or their i~ransac-
tions with these railroad companies.
The charters granted TO these com =
PAniss were for the benefit Of the
State, and when our own people ara
30 grossly dlscriminated against, it is
high time for the Legislature TO take
the matter IN hand aud compel the
corporations to extend to this people
all aud better facilities than are
given to Western States, to the ex-
cluslon an1 detriment OF our own,
Home Interests are paramount to
foreign, and the interests of this as
yet undeveloPed State are para
mount to those Of our neighboring
Western States. The policy OF these
roads under the present condition is
to bring Western States nearer East
ern markets than our State, and it is
suicide for us TO permit it.
MY bill has for it's object the
compelling Of all roads IN our limits
to haul and transfer all !rsights as
chsaply from one point al from
another, for instance: 1 want these
roads to haul cattle, coal and grain
just as cheap from Grafton east as
they do from this city. COMPETE
ton compels low rates here and
want tho same beneficial provisions
extended TO those Of our people who
are engaged in shipping all over the
State. and especially at those points
whore tho benefits of competitor are
not felt. This IS my bill and l
would like 10 know the man who,
with a knowledge of these things,
would refuse to vote tor it
The injurious effects Of the unjust
determinations practiced by the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad against
the people of this section Of the
State, and which have been so de-
structive Of the interests Of our peo-
pie, are well and truthfully stated
by Mr.. WILSON, and they with him
will be glad to know the man who,
with the knowledge OF these things,
would refuse to vote for .his lust
measure Of relief.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-01-27

HONORABLE VIZ. II. ENGLIsu,
Democratic candidate for Vice Pres
ident at The late election, abiding
to the snit instituted against him in
New York by one WIZ. D. MUnruY
for alleged polite Il services in Indi-
ana, says he is not aware Of owing
the claimant anything. Whatever
ne may have had to do with MUIR
PLY was as Chairman Of the Indiana
Democratic State Central Committee
aud in no other capacity. He Gays
a man named MURPHY did make
some very unsatisfactory speeches
during the campaign, but his expen-
sss were paid at the time. Mr..
ENGLISH says be docs not hereafter
intend to be bled by political ad-
vsnturers or dead beats Of either
high or low degree"
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-01-27
KEXSER.

The Ncather--CtinIatc. Enterprise.
business, Population, &e.--A vic
tory for "NO Liccusc,,--The News
papers, &c., &c.
K@EYsER, w. VA, January 25.
Dedr Argus:
II has been frequently said the winter
fingers in the lap Of spring." but l think
IL would now be more appropriate to say,
al least down here, that fan and winter
are still In the lap Of summer, and that if
they do not soon get off the old mans
lap spring will have a poor chance To be
nursed. as she was nearly a year ago. We
are about 1000 feet lower than Kingwood,
and while you enjoy % the braciug
breezes registered nearly at zero we gen
orally have warmth and sunshine. Ii
Charleston was only cut of the way we
might be justified IN giving 10 this coup-
try the sppellation of the LAND OF per
ennlsl summer"
Keyser is a flOurishing place and is
made so by her enterprisiDg business men.
Various manufactures are in operation
and doing a good business. The place has
a population Of 3,0O0, or more, and all ls-
boring men have something to do. Key
ser also affords the best hotels of any
town of it's size that we rave yet visited
within the State. 1t reeds, among other
things, to make it more of a model town
McAdamized streets. The pavements are
excellent, nearly all brick, but the streets
are no more nor less than simply misera-
Die.
AT the recent corporation election the
merits OF different candidates for the Of
fees was not so much Of a question as
that of ''license'' or mo %license, {" the lat
ter question being voted upon as a distinct
issue. What effect 1t will have upon the
business of the town remains yet to be
seen Some predict a change for the bet
ter, others for the worse. We hope for
the beat.
AS L presume you are aware, Keyser
has two newspapers, the Tribune, edited
by Mr., Gosorn, and the Echo, edited by
Mr. Fogue. We have the pleasure of be-
ing a subscriber TO each and find them
both TO 5e conducted ss country newspa-
pers should be. each looking to the ad-
vancement and best interests of the com
mnnity in which they are published.
Judge Hoke, one of Kingwood's atior-
neys, is now visiting his family in this
place. The Judge is a talented ana edu-
Gated gentleman end we are always glad
TO meet him
Quite a number OF Prestonians are In
business in this county.
We hope to write again soon.
Yours truly,
GEORGE WIX.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-01-27

Mr.. and Mrs. WILL1AM Z. DoDoE.
OF New York, gave a reception Sat
urday evening in honor Of Govern
ors CoLoUITr, Of Georgia, and ST
JOHN OF Kansas, whose wives were
a'so present. Over two hundred Of
the most prominent men of the citv
were present, including x-Goverp-
ors h. d. MORGAN and ASHLEY. Pc
TER COOPER, II. j. JEwErr, c. X.
HARRISON, d. o. MILLS, CLARKE
GOODWIN, and JAY GOULD. Both
Governors made highly patriotic adj
dresses, and Governor ST.. JOIN, in
his address, taking Governor Coz
QUIT by the hand, said: II am glad
here to say, Governor, what peace
aud prosperity under a single Gov
ernnent have united, let no politi-
clans put asunderl' In extending
his hand to Governor Sr. JOHN.
Governor CoLoUITr said: ~ am here
to extend my hand, and it has a good
deal OF heart in it. Governor ST..
JOHN has illustrated here the hand
shaking that l like, where soul meets
soul, and that is what is needed be
tween North and South. When two
friends who have fallen out wish to
agree again, they don argue or ex-
plain, but strike hands and let the
past 10 forgotten. In this I speak
the sentiment Of the entire South
and L wish If could be 6orno from one
end OF the country TO the other with
the sincerity with which 1 now cay,
Let us have peace" Governor
CoLoUITT pleasantly alluded to the
fact that Georgia had named one of
her countieq after Mr.. DorGE. Ex-
Senator GORDON. OF Georgia, and ex-
Governor JEWELL, of Connecticut.
also INDUCED in some patriotic re-
marks.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-01-27

large sccegsioDs from the Free Soil and
Abolition Parties, Uncle Ton's Cabin"
was put upon the stage and called out
crowded houses, and slavery became an
exciting political question in al, but par
ticularly In the free States.
In 1857 Dir. Buchanan carried all the
slave States but Maryland, her vote being
given for Fillmore. General Fremont, the
Free Soil candidate, carried eleven of the
free States but not a single slave State
II was now evident thai if the Free Sell
ers continued to control the Republican
Party the irrepressible conflict was in the
near future. FURTHER ALONG.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-01-27

HE enormous cost of tho Pension
Arrears Act, says the New York Sun,
has not deferred Congrsssmen from
devislu8 new schemes Of expenditure
In the same direction. The bills for
%pensioning The survivors ofthe Mex
lean and Black Hawk wars, which
are presented every session, are up
again row.. The Equalization Of the
bounties bill, once defeated by Gen
eral GRANTS veto, is again brought
forward. Representative VAN VooR-
HIS from this State has a bill to pay
each Union soldier captured during
the war one dollar for each day of
his imprisonment. representative
MosaRovE Of Pennsylvania proposes
that all who spent six months in
Confederate prisons shall be put OF
tho pension rolls. Mr.. HoUK Of
Tennessee proposes to extend the
pension laws to all civil officers in
Jured in the execution Of the reve-
u laws, and Nj. FORD of Missouri
wants the Government to pay boun-
ties to the heirs Of colored soldiers
who served in the war, Estimates
Of the expense to the people of such
snsctments u into hundreds Of mil
lions,
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-01-27

HE WneeIing Register in discus
sing the subject of steel 1ails and the
present excessive duty on their i'm
p%ortatIon, says:
I'VE are now building nearly all
our railroads with steel rails. This
IS not only in the case of tho great
roads, but Of the short roads az well.
Senator DAvIsrecently made a large
purchase Of steel rails for his road
now building through the mountains
OF this State, and there has, proba-
bly,, been no broad guage road Of the
great number Of mjles OF railroad
built within the past year, that has
not been laid with steel rails.
"And yet the price of steel rails
is enormous. They rate at about 800
a ton in this country aud $50 in
England. The duty, at IL cents a
pound, is $28 on a long ton Of 2.24o
poun is. There is the additional tax
OF bringing them across the ocean.
The production o! steel rails in this
country amounts now to over 1000.
ooo tone a year, and 10 rapidly in
creasing. The profits on the bust
meas, under the operation of the tar
if, must be enormous. It probably
does not cost more than $50 or $35
to manufacture them and they eel
at $50, or one hundred per cent.
Even if they cost $40 a ton, there is
a profit Of $50, which in the manu-
tacture Of 10000 tons-not a large
business for one mandatory
would give a profit Of $4,000 0 a
year.
Meanwhile our railroads are fur
nished with rails at $50 a ton, which
ought to be bought for $40, and at
this price the manufacturers would
gro" rlch' Such a reduction in the
Pgce would make an immense dif-
ference in the cost 0 a few miles Of
railroad II would help % very
much in our West Virginia railroad
projects. Why not reduce the tariff
on steel r%aiIs, and give railroad
building & little ohance2g
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-01-27

GOVERNOR ST. JOHN Of Kansas, in
an address delivered at DR., TAI
uAGE's church in Brooklyn last Sun
day evening under the auspices OF
the National Temperance Society.
gave u%tterance to the following
sound aud unaaswerat lie views upon
the subject Of temperance. He said:
The subject Of temperance ia so
closely interwoven with Christianity
that The Two cannot be separated
without injury to both. To para
phrase LINcoLE's saying, this Nation
cannot exist half drunk and half 60
Der, and all Christians should put
forth every effort ia their power 10
make Of this a sober Nation. The
manufacture and sale Of Intoxicating
beverages are either right, or abso-
IutsIy wrong. Il wrong, no amount
Of license tax can make them right.
II right, tits wrong TO impose a
heavy license or excise tax. Bnf
they are absolutely wrong; they
should be prohibited, and never have
The sanction Of an law. III young
men mus, be destroyed let il be- By
tbs violation rather than By the
sanction OF law Ifi t is desired 10
control an evil, it is better 10 pro-
hiOit than to Iegaizs it in any way.
The liquor trsGc lrsmples on The
iaT, and The only way 20 control 10
is TO blot it out aad drive it from
The land. 10 Nation wss ever sue.
cossiui DO going into psrtaersbip
with what is wrong. sDd tbis Nation
will o o reach a point where DC m0,l
crush this evil which lt nov sane
tons, or be crushed by it. Intem-
perance, ike every other evil, can
be dotted out ir9u The country II
tie American people w%lIIsrray them.
seIve3 against 500
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-01-27

HONORABLE JOHN MCKEoN, the
new District Attorney of New York
City, has politely declined to accept
an annual pass just sent him by the
New York Central Road. He says
he will accept no lavors from rail
roads or any corporations, or from
individuals, while he is in office, nor
will ne permit any OF his assistants
TO DO So and he further expresses
the opinion that if members Of the
Legislature would refuse Tasses they
would cone home less frequently.
and attend more faithfully to the
duties that the people entrust to
them. Mr.. MCKEoN's example il
commendable and bis conclusions
Correct.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1882-01-27

MAJOR HENRY KYD DOUGLAS, Of
Hagerstown Nd, who was a member
of General SToNEwALL JAcKsoN's
ststf. has written an interesting com.
munication to the Philad e!phia Tn1es
on the campaign which eysntuatsd
in the second battle Of Manassas.
He thinks General F1Tz JOHN Pom
TER was most grievously wronged
by the judgement Of the court. mar
tlal which drove him from the army.
Major DOUGLAS thinks Gen. BANKS
was justified by General Pores or
der in attacking General JACKSON
at Slaughter Mountain upon his ap-
proach, and he says be "certainly
did 80 with great vigor." He says
the real object OF the move ment was
to beat Pope before he was largely
reinforced by Mcclellan, and to
score a victory with its results for
the Army OF Northern Virginia,
Major DOUGLASS conclusion is that
IF General POPE was not a failure,
be certainly was not a success; that
had he possessed a moiety Of the
ability OF LEE or JACKSON he could
have captured or routed the latter
on the 18th of August, 1862. He
missed a great opportunity for doing
bis country much service and him
self much honor, for with JACKSON q
prisoner or a fugitive the North
would have come to him in lspione
he could have closed the war with 2
clap Of thunder, and POPE and not
GRANT might have been the success -
sor Of LINCOLN"