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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
Famous French Cities.
From All the Year Round


Caen is celebrated in England for
stone,, aud in France for a method of
cooking tripe; Marseillesassociated. with
white waistcoats and. a revolutionary
hymn is near to Frenchmen as the
abode of bouilla- baisse; Troyes is the
the source of the gatherings so much
more liked abroad than in Engla nd ;
Amiens has not only cathedral and a
railway station, but admirable duck
pies; Lyons is famous for things fried
or stewed with bits of parsley on them,
and for sausages; Bordeaux wine is on
y little better kRown IN Paris thar
renoWne SPG5 or Romans A preV
girls; and those sauscissons which are
said to be made, despite the popular
disbelief in those animals, of!dead don
KEYS. .ii.i n -r = i (:
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
From FO7'ciU1. Lands.

Gen. Sir Garnet Wolseley, with authority
of the khediye, has issued proclamation to
the people OF Egypt, representing the sole
object of the British to restore the authority
of the khedive 1t says all peaceful inllabit-
be respected and supplies paid for. Gen.
Wellesley adds he will be glad to receive all
chiefs who are disposed to assist in suppress
ing the rebellion. Belief in the hop]essness
of the struggle spreading among the Egyp-
tians. The British commander at Mcks has
received overtvres for surrender of al intall-
try battalion if it can obtain reasonable
terms.
A painting lately uncovered in Pompcii
seemed identical in subject with the judge
ment Of Solomon. In the center is bench
with three Judges llneeling at their feet, in
| an attitude Of prayer, is q ncman; further
toward the foreground is a butchers table,
and upon it a naked babe, which q man is
preparing to kill with large knife, while
| beside him stands q second woman with an
| indifferent air. Soldiers and people close
| the scene.
A descrter from Arab Pasha's forces gives
| a graphic description Of the misery prevail
ing in the lattcr's camp, where the wounsed,
crawling about in their sut1erings UNDECIDED,
present sad picture Of distress and neglect.
| Some Ofthese poor creatures are said to have
| been shot by their comrades to free them
from their agony. Many Egyptians are
compelled against their will to fight.
An English steamer, the Florence, from
Hamburg for Havre, passed through a snow
storm which lasted about ten minutes,
twenty miles southwest of Dungeness, in the
southern part Of England, July "a, at 10
a. IN. The steamer Menomonie, from Grand
Haven to Chicago, had similar experience
last week.
Private kilograms received in London say
the troubles in Corea have dominated in a
general instruction and the king and queen
| have been assassinatcd. The japanese lega-
ton was attacked by natives belonging to
| the anti-foreign party and japanese men Of
| war have been dispatched to Seaul river.
The agricultural distress in, Spain is as
Stunning alarming proportions. In conse-
quence Of the poor harvest and want of la
| Dor frequent collisions occur, between the
peasantry and police.
A correspondent Of the Cologne Gazette
expresses the opinion that Russia is prepar-
| ing for war with Turkey by way of compen-
sation for England's occupation Of Egypt.
The meeting of Bonapartists in Paris re-
| Gently was attended by 1000 persons. Reso
| lutions were passed favoring the placing OF
! Prince Victor Napoleon upon the throne.
The prince of Wales desired to accompany
the British army now being conveyed to
Egypt, but in Difference to the wishes of the
queen abandoned the project.
For 1our months of 1881 the number of
Americans who visited Europe was O., 22775
and the number will be much larger this
year.
Sir Garnet Wolseley has landed at Alex
ant1ria
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
frying to Save a Suicides Life.

A Moorhcad special says. a man named
Hamilton of Dovagiac, Mich, took an over
dose of morphine at the Jay Cook house,
this city, last night and was discovered this
morning i'll a dying condition, DR.. Buckley
was called aud found that the dose had been
taken too long to admit Of pumping out.
The only thing to be done was to wake him
and keep him awake. A man was hired to
move him around and prevent him from go
ing to sleep. The services OF another man
were soon called in, and together they
him with their hands and whipped him.
They reused him up a little, but he was
semi-conscious, begging them to leave him
alone. He seems to be sinking and there
are small hopes Of his recovery. A man
who has been with him for the past five years
says he has no family and owns a large
amount of property. He was taken to the
hospital about 2 O'CLOCK. In taking him
there, his leg was caught i'll wheel and
broken.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
Disaster to a Circus Train.

W. G. Coup's circus left Cairo, ILL.,, at
last Sunday morning in two sections. When
between Tunnel Hill and Newbarneside,
about forty-seven miles north of Cairo, the
engine Of the second section ran into pas
senger coach on the rear of the freight train,
killing three drivers and wounding about
twenty-five or thirty Others. They were 60
ing down the grade from Tunnel Hill, and
the first section being heavily loaded while
the latter section was rather light, the Sec
ond section was running fast at the time of
the accident. The cars ahead Of the coach
in the first section and rear of the engine in
the second section escaped unhurt.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
Death of an Old Virginian.

Hiram Mills, in his youth, major of
Virginia militia, died i'll Montreal last
Saturday at the age of eighty-six. He
was of somewhat excentric habits, and
strictly economical though benevolent.
He was very reticent as to his former ca
reer, and left clause in his will reques-
ting that no obituary notice be given to
the press. 1t is, said that he has left
property valued at 100000, much of
which is to be devoted to charities. He
stipulates in his Willthat no institute of
learning receiving his bounty shall per
INIT smoking or drinking among students
and that in hospitals the use of stimu-
lants be restricted as much as possible.
Among his 'excentricities was an offer to
the city council to invest $4,000 in
trust, the interest on which to be used
for buying bread for the poor in winter;
but Sc many strange stipulations accom-
panied the offer that the council de-
clined it.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
Nc1VS of the Railroads.

Track laying on the Northern Pacific is
increasing in daily average this week, owing
to better tract Of country having been
reached. Three and four-tenths miles were
laid on Monday. and three and one-tenth
miles Tuesday. In twenty-six consecutive
working days, ending Tuesday night, seventy
nine and eighteen one hundredth miles Of
road were laid, feat without parallel in
the history Of railway construction in. any
country.
The St. Paul. Minneapolis e. Manitoba is
now the best paying railroad in the country.
II is making % pei. cent on its stock, and
doesn't know what to dc with its accumnlat-
ing surplus AS a temporary relief from its
difficulties, the company proposes to declare
=; per cent. dividend, and build 800 miles
of new road. The stock is also to be made
8 per cent.
The following are railroad earnings for
the first week Of August: Wisconsin Central,
$50, 1917; increase, 5000. Burlington, Cedar
Rapids & n orthern, HOB; increase, $780,
OS:'. St. Paul, Minneapolis Il Manitoba,
$l90,Goo increase, SS9,6O7. Milwaukee,
Lake Shore & Western, for the second week
in August, increased, $4,775.
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miscellaneous Ne1Vs Notes.

The Utah commissioners met at Omaha,
on Tuesday last, consisting of Hon. Alex
Ramsey, chairman, of Minnesota; Col. G. T.
Godfrey, Des Moines Ia; ex-Congrcssman
Pettigrew, Arkansas; ex-senator Paddock,
Nebraska; Judge Carleton, Terra Haute,
Ind. They will have charge of Utah cleo.
tons, and will remain until sometime in
November and carry out their special work
The first thing is to attend to registration,
for which they will have to appoint regis
trars: They will receive and canvass votes
and issue certificates Of election. One Of
their most important duties is to disfranchise
all known polygamists from voting and
holding office. The election Of delegates to
congress comes before the people this fall,
and this is followed by the election of leg
islature. ,...f.
Commissioner Mcfarland has made the
following apportionment of the $500, 900
voted by congress for the surveys of public
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24

Powers Il Weightman and Rosengar-
ten x Co., of Philadelphia, are clamor-
ing for the restoration of the tax on qui-
nine. These gentlemen have become
millionaires through their long monop-
oily of the quinine trade, and they con
tlnue to make money, Notwithstanding
the fact that. they declared they would
have to shut up their factories in 1879,
when the free luininc bill was passe Il.
Before quinine was made free they ex-
torted $40 an ounce for their product
Qulnlne has been reduced to S24O, and
1t is in the interest Of the public that the
price should be kept down.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
tercsting statement as to the extent and char

tercsting statement as to the extent and char
acter Of legis alton during the late session.
He says the passagefof the FortWayne abill
during the closing hours Of the session is
probably the end of legislation Of this char
actcr for this congress. Provision was made
for the constructions; of tlirty,tE1ee public
When completed these buildings will cost
the government S., IT'S, 600 The immediate
appropriations made for the purchase Of
sites and beginning the work of building
amount in the aggregate to So, 49,, 900: In
addition to this, $3,G24 900 were appropri-
ated for continuing work ON buildings al
ready begun. The construction Of thirty
six buildings was authorized by previous
congresses and is in progress.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24

Maj. Gen. Harvey, U. S. A., the famous
Indian fighter of the olden times, sojourn7
ing at Minnctonka beach, Minnesota right
loyalty entertained an hundred regular army
guests at dinner last Thursday, the spread
being at the Hotel Lafayette and the occa-
sion being the veterans eighty-second birth
day. The affair was perhaps the most note
worthy of the season, not only because ofthe
high position of the distinguished host, but
also Of the extended and special cxertions
made in preparation Of the banquet. The
officers and ladies of Fort Smelling were
there en- masse the only conspicuous absent
ees being Gen. Terry and Gen. Gibbon, the
former being prevented from coming by
death in his family.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
Nevada comes pretty near icing rot

Nevada comes pretty near being rot
ten borough, MISREPRESENTATION in con
=rcss being vastly disproportionate to
her population and wealth. But she is a
"sovereign state,' having two United
States senators, one representative in
congress, and a population of G2,O0O
which is something more than Il third Of
a representative ratio. This is q shock
y" injustice to other states but it cannot
we'll he helped. There is no way known
t" the law whereby she can be relegated
to territorial condition from which she
should not have emerged.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24

The wheat crop of Minnesota and Da
k"ta will be the granlest harvest ever
:arnercd by the wheat-growers Of the
northwest The acreage is less than last
year, but the productiveness increased,
While of oats, barley and other
crops both acreage and productiveness
have largely increased. The rest of the
country shows up equally we'll with this
section, and it is estimated that the
wheat crop Of the entire country will
amount to perhaps 6oo,O0O,O00 bushels,
and the corn crop to 100000, 600 BUSH
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24

\ Virginia editor, thoroughly disgust
ed with mock duels, suggests law re-
quiring the sleritfto conduct each duel at
short range, and continue the firing until
a funeral results. Such a law might more
cAcctually put a stop to the practice than
existing statutes against it. vt any rate,
it would puta Quietus upon the bravado
O pretendel duelistS, who are, in the
main, the supporters Of "the code.'
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
Record of Fires and Casualties.

y recent street scene in Philadelphia was
Wild Texan steer running amuck. He al
most killed two-year-old child named
Mary Stubs, after having knocked down
and trampled upon two men, three women
gored horse and frightened one woman in
to spasms 1t is such breaks as this on the
part of southwestern visitors that prejudice
the Philadelphians against the great and
boundless west
weeks ago at Lake Phalen, the source of the
water supply Of St. Paul; on Sunday his
body was found about a block from the sup
ply pipe and in frightful state of decom-
position, and the stomachs of St. Paul pcox
pie weo kened on learning the facts
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
Promotion Of Washington Clerks.

Promotion Of Washington Clerks.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1S.-A largo number Of
promotions were made to-day in the pension
Office. Among them were the following:
PRINCIPAL examiners from 81, 800 to $4,000
Christian Excl. Minnesota; Adolph Streeker, Min
ncsota.
Clerks from 81 900 to S1,e0o-Edson A. Bur-
dick. Wisconsin; Charles NJ. Tompkins, Wisconsin:
CIV, Warmelle, Minnesota.
Clerks from 81. 400 to 81 ,GOO-R r. Redway.
Wisconsin,; W. H. Parks, Wisconsin; E.. T.. Rey-
nolds Wisconsin: Daniel j: Waters. Wisconsin;
". &. Kmba!l, Wisconsin; s. V. Proudft, Iowa.
Clerks from 81 200 to *1.4oo-C. G. Haston,
Iowa: H. A. Kingsley, Iowa: John W. Bates,
Indiana: Louis D. Stone, Minnesota: S. ".
McEldcrry. Iowa; A. 3. Sweggott, Iowa; Alice II.
Lyman, Wisconsin,; W. W. Buck, Minnesota; L. j.
Sturgis Iowa; Carl S. LOOMS, Wisconsin; John
w. Thomas, Wisconsin,. ,.@-r
Clerk from $1,000 to 81, 2oo--NI. 3. Saunders,
Minnesota.
Clerk from 1910 to 81, OOO-AIartha A. Walker.
Clerk from 1920 to f1,OOO--R- w. Pardee, Iowa.
Clerk from 1920 to SIS IO-J. w. Easily, Wiscon-
sin.
Reduction from $4,000 to ST. o0-Mordecai
MObloy Iowa,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
Rivals of the SiameSe Twins.

A woman near Bordentown, n J.,
gave birth to twins last Sunday, which,
had they lived, would have rivallei the
famous Siamese twins. The heads, arms,
and legs were separate and distinct, but
a f1eshy ligament, extending from below
the shoulder blades down the sides,
covering almost one-llalf of each abdo-
men, made the bodies appear almost like
one. There was no malformation in the
individual bodies except where the con-
urally proportioned and of normal size.
The weight of each was seven pounds
and the sex female. It was found that
the connecting band Of flesh was filled
with arteries and veins, and that the life
of one was dependent upon that of the
other. One had to be killed to save the
mothers life, and the other soon died.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
Long Sessions of Congress.

The session Of congress just ended has
not been the longest one on record. An
exchange paper has been looking up the
record, with the following result: The
first session Of the Forty-fourth Congress
lasted 254 days, from December 5, 1875
to August Is, 1876. The Thirty-fourth
Congress continued its first session from
December 3, 1855, to Aug gust IS, 1856, in
all 260 days. The Thirty third Congress
continued it's first session -246 days, ad-
journing August z, 1854. The TIL :rty-
second Congress first session lasted 275
days, to August 81, 1852, while the Thu
ty-tirst Congress beatsan the others b.
fore or since, sitting from December .,
1S4S, to September 80, 1850, in all $40
days. The present session lasted 20
days.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
NEWS OF THE DAY.
=. Menus from 1T1usZ.in0tO71.

$, NeaCS from VnSHtnOtO1e.
A Washington special says the indications
are that during August the treasury will
make large gains in its cash balances. For
the fifteen days of the present month the re-
ceipts have aggregated over $50 ZOO, 600.
There will be no extraordinary disbursc-
ments during the month, so that should the
receipts continue at the present rate until
Sept. the surplus is likely to be from ST.
600 900 to s2o, 100000 Uncle Sans banker
seems to make a very satisfactory showing
of his financial status
There are about $4,000 900 of the 81 per
cent. bonds held abroad, and some little
curiosity has been fell as to what action the
foreign holders might conclude to take. 1t
is now understood that Morton, Ross & Co.,
our financial agents in London, report that
there are no applications to change the
bonds. 1t appears that Britishers could not
understand why they should surrender !
per cent per annlm, even with the chance
of gaining Il year or so in the life of their
bonds.
In regard to the alleged error in the bill re-
lieying soldiers from the charge of desertion,
by which only those who served year are
entitled to its benefits of pay, it will not at
all delay payments to those whom
ror can be corrected in three months, and
no payments can in any event be reached un-
der the bill till long after that time. &C.,
Acting Postmaster General Hatton has ap
pointed Judson Stevens postmaster at Utica,
n. Y. The nomination of Mr.. Stevens
caused considerable controversy in the sen
ate and was left Enacted upon when con-
gress adjourned. The former postmaster
was suspended.
Solicitor Raynor of the treasury and
Comptroller Lawrence are laboring under a
conflict Of authority as to which shall inter-
pref law for the department.
Assistant Secretary New Of the treasury de-
partment threatens to resign because his
powers are circumscribed
The next house of representatives will be
composed of 325 members and delegates,
rccessitating 81 new seats.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24

\ good authority in Iowa reviews
the crop prospects and concludes
that there need be no calculations
formuch cheaper merchantable corn than
the present, for at least fifteen months,
And us Il consequence, there is little
prospect of the depreciation ofthe prices
of pork and beef
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
The Best Paying Railroad in the

OouAC1ys
! The rise in st. Paul, Minneapolis e. Man.
itoba is accounted forby a statement from
private sources ola high character of a pro-
posed speedy script dividend Of 80 per cent,
and an advance in the cash dividend rates, to
Sper cent. The company is earning % per
cent, on the stock, and the friends of the
company believe it will, rise to $50. The
$1,000, 900 in cash received from the last issue
will be used to pay for acquired branches
and the construction of new 800 mile road
without placing any bonds upon the latter.
The company reported the July earnings
were at the rate of over $1,000 per mile,
which is s., 600 per mile more than the
Northwestern. and $4,000 more than the St.
Panl road, The leading stockholders of the
Manitoba company claim that their land
grant is more than equal in value to the
roads entire bonded indebtedness.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24

The leading hotels at Saratoga charge
from $50 to SO per day, and about us
guests in the way Of extras The au-
ducity of the hotel men surprises
even the old labitues, and many
Of them have struck for lower rates.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24

The New York papers report that the
oyster crop this year will be 4 large one,
and that the quality will be very much
better than last year, when oysters in
general were poor, and good ones high
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24

Shipbuilding is lively in Great Britain at
present. The last payibill of John Elder &
Co., the well known Clyde shipbuilders, who
constructed the Arizona, Alaska and the fast
Australian liners, amounted to $125, 900,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
JV,UOV.
Unappropriated, $50, 600.

Unappropriated, $4,000.
The bi-centennial of the landing of. Will
liam Penn will be celebrated at Philadel-
phia in October, and extensive preparations
are in progress to that end. It is thought
that upward of 10000 people will partici-
pate, and many business houses parade on
trade day. There will be musical, regatta
and military days: !.
In the vicinity of Wichita, Kas., what is
known as "honey dew" has fallen during
the past week. Vegetation is covered dur
ing the night by sweet distillation resembl-
mostly evaporates during the day, or at least
pa aa disappears. p -
There are now 365- saloons in St: Paul
one for every day III the year or for every
200 inhabitants. women and babies included.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24

The newspapers are trying to solve
the question why the east should have
been burned up with heat this summer,
while the west and even the southwest,
should have enjoyed Canadian GOODNESS.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
! New Public Buildings.

!; Representative Shallenberger, of Pennsyl-
vania, chairman of the house committee OH
public buildings and grounds, has furnished
congress and the country with very in
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24
MINNESOTA NEWS.
News of the State.

Gov. Hubbard has opened the bids sub
mitted for doing the plumbing and gas fitting
work at the new capitol. The gas pipe to
be put i'll will aggregate nearly two miles in
length The bids were as follows:
Sykes 4 Andrews, plumbing, $3.50; gas
fitting, 10! cents per foot.
J. c. Johnson, plumbing, 81 1913; gas-fit-
ting, 10! cents per foot.
Geo. Dempsey, plumbing, $l,356.2o; gas
fitting, IL cents per foot
Pre1odcrsast Bros, plumbing, s., 10; gas.
fitting ~ cents per foot
II. =. KuSsy, plumbing $1,000; gas-tittins,
Is cents per foot.
Kinney e. Hudncr, plumbing, $3.50.
A of 81, Sl4 40 for putting up the iron
stairs was received from 2. lIcrzog.
The award will be made within week.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24

The British General Wolscley will have
only $4,000 men to restore British su-
premacy in Egypt, but they will be we'll
hnuilru
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Distribution of Immigrants.

Milwaukee Special to Chicago Times The
following statistics Of the ayowed destination
of immigrants landed at Castle Garden in
May, 1882, were received by General Emf
grant Agent W. f. Powell of the Chicago,
Milwaukee, & ST. Paul railway:
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-08-24

Ex-Cadet Whitaker has given up lee
turing hv advice of his friends who think
he is not helping his cwn case before the