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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29
The Tariff Commission Filled at Last

The president sent to the senate on Friday
the following nominations, to be members of
the tariff commission: John l.. Hayes of
Massachusetts, chairman; Henry w. Oliver,
Jr, Pennsylvania; Austin Mcfarland, Illi-
nois; Jacob Amber, Ohio; Robert p Porter,
District of Columbia; John w. H. Under
wood, Georgia; Duncan f. Kenner, Louisiana;
Alexander Il. Botcler, West Virginia Wm
II. McMalon, New York. The termination
of McMahon and Botclcr were refer
red by the senate to the fin
ance committee the others having
now employed in the appraisers office of the
because of his knowledge of the present tariff
laws. MacMahon is said to owe his appoint
nent to the presidents personal knowledge
of las attachments and of his peculiar fitness
for the position. In politics he is republic
can. Botclcr the other newly selected COM
! missioner, is resident of Charlcstown, w.
Va, said to be a gentleman Of means and
liberal culture and is not identified with any
special interests other than those of agricul-
ture. He was highly recommended tothc pres-
idcnt by both senators from West Virginia,
as well as by Senator Hawley of Connecti-
cut. BOteler is conservative democrat and
known to favor tariff for revenue He is
about sixty years ofaye. There is consider
able dissatisfaction with the commission,
arising foom the belief that majority of
the members represent class interest which
may be affected by the Investigation, and
that anything like unity of action will be
impossible. Perhaps the outcome may be
better than anticipated.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29
Moro Storm Casualties in Iowa and
Dakota

Dakota.
A terrific wind and rain storm passed over
Emmettsburg, Iowa, at Ia. M. Saturday.
The new 81 900 school building was denaol
ished. The residence Of George Saunders and
James Boswell were completely wrecked and
inmates all injured, Mrs. Boswell very scri-
ously. Other houses were blown from their
foundations The damage in that city is over
$4,000. The storm came from the west and
it is feared is wide spread one. Much dam
age is reported among farmers.
At Hospes, little station on thcSt. Paul
& Sioux City railroad fifty miles northeast of
Sioux City, the Holland Lutheran church,
freight depot and two grain warehouses were
blown down, and freight cars ditchcd.
At Canton, large store, partly built, had
it's walls blown down, and freight cars
press office was partly unroofed and wind
mill on the grist mill of II. H. Smith was
wrecked, the damage being $1,000. At Mar
cts, on the Illinois Central the grain ware
house of Gum was blown down. At other
stations east, west and north of this city cars
were blown off the track, buildings moved
from foundation and trees and tclc ;raph
poles Frustrated. 1t was not cyclone but
straight wind from west to northwest At
Yankton the government gauge registered a
wind velocity of fory-cight miles per hour.
AtSpencer, Iowa, it struck and did much
damage, unrooling buildings, tearing up
Sidewalks and blowing down residences,
barns and business blocks. In the southern
part Of Clay it blew down twenty houses,
killed five people, and injured about TWEEN
ty-ivc.
At Britt Iowa, A. NJ. Tuttle's large hay
baro blew down and many small buildings.
The damage in the vllaSeis not very great,
but the people were pretty badly scared
AT Ellendale, Oak, the damage was about
$4,000
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29

Earl Grey, q distinguished British
statesman, in late issue of the Nine
teenth Century magazine, has an article
from which this pregnant extract is tax
en-: Government can create no wealth
all that it can do is to remove any OBJ
stacles which may impede it's being cre-
ated by the industry and thrift of those
over whom it rules; it is they, not the
rulers, who produce it. The rulers.
therefore, can give nothing to one set of
men except what they take from anoth-
or. And all experience shows that when
agovernment cndeavors to improve the
condition Of one class of it's subjects bv
arbitrarily giving to them what belongs
TO others, it not only fails to confer any
permanent benefit on those who are the
object of its favor, but in the end inflicts
very great and lasting evil upon them as
we'll as on the whole community. -
These are simple rudimentary principles
of political economy very tersely ex-
pressed, but it is just these principles
which every man ought to know by
heart. If they could be impressed upon
the public mind, the specious pleas that
everywhere abound for special privil-
eyes, bounties, subsidies, and all those
sort of things, would cease to influence,
as they now do, the action Of the rep
resentatives of the people,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29

to his partner and describes the animal mi
nutely. No. 2 goes to the farmer, and after
proving by the thorough description that he
is the owner Of the animal, says lac cannot
take it away, and offers to sell it at bargain.
The farmer buys it, and in a few days tlie
rightful owner comes along and claims the
animal, and of course the farmer is out just
50 much.
Sheriff Mickey of Stearns county contrib
uted four prisoners to the penitentiary last
week as follows: Adds Bogenriet, rape,
thirty years; George Cowcll. burglary, five
years; Louis Bridgelnan, larceny three years;
Chris. Cannon. breaking and entering ali
office with intent the crime of burglary,
| eight months.
At the Grand Com,nandry Of knights
Temrar at Red Wing, the officers elected for
the current year were as fol lows:
H. NJ. Lcbor Of Benson, Mimi, imprisoned
in default Of so fine on charge of selling
liquor to Indians, was released from custody
| at the expiration of thirty days
lGeorge Green was drowned near Blooming
Prairie last SATURDAY..
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29
Confederate Currency.

In the last few weeks of the war, says
the Wall Street News, a confederate,
serving under Lee, wrote home to his
father in North Carolina that he was al
most barefooted, and completely dis
couraged. AS soon as the old man re-
ccivcd the letter he mounted his mule,
and sat off at gallop, but was soon halt
ed by an acquaintance, who called out:
"Hello! has there been another fight?"
Not as I've heard Of; but I've got a letter
from Cyrus" "What does Cyrus s;1y?"
"1Ic's out O. butes, an clean discour-
aged" "And who re We going" "Dowr
to Abncr Smiths, to borrow seven hun
dred thousand dollars to send
Of shoes, and we're going to write
him long letter, and send him box o
pills, and tell him to hang on to the last;
for if Cyrus gets low-spirited, and be-
gins to let 90, the Internal Yanks will be
riding over us afore we kin back Il mule
outcn the barn." <EThat's so, that's sop
nodded the other. 81 kin let We have
the money myself as we'll as not. I was
a savin' up to buy three plugs o. tobacker
and box O. matches all to once, but the
army mustn't 60 barefoot when it only
takes a puny seven or eight hundred
thousand dollars to buy purity good
pair O. shoes. Go home and git a cart,
and I'll have the money all tied up for
We.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29

n financial writer, who takes an OK
treme view of the situation, while adj
uniting that ,lissimilar causes led to the
financial crisis of 1887, 1857 and 1873, sees
a combination Of all the circumstances,
at present, which in each preceding in
stance was the precursor of disaster
Without recapitulating the alleged
causes OF previous disasters the great OK
haustlon Of the railroad system in the
south and southwest, and Mexico is,
cited; speculations in mines; real estate
and the tendency to advance securities OF
all kinds to a fictitious valuation. q re-
action in which is already being disas-
trously felt; and the increase of imports
over our exports, as well as a general
ovcrrproduction i'll the country, are ali
instanced in considerations of the dread
entertained and the prediction made of
a Forthcoming revulsion, or ola staena-
ton whose effects are equally dreaded.
Atthe present time many stormy pe-
trels are flying over us, and it is not ,,n-
likely that their dismal creakings NAV
operate i'll a way that may keep off the
evil DAYS.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29
Miscellaneous Ne1uS Notes.

Mr.. Charles c. Brandt writes as follows
"a few days ago turtle, about as large as
the head of a barrel, was captured in an
outlet of Clear lake in the town of SigeI,
Brown county, Mimi, with the figures ISL
Inscribed on the back of it's she'll. The t,lr-
tic which is about as large a one as ever seen
in this part of the state is now alive and in
possession of Mr.. G. Forstors who lives on
a farm adjoining the lake. Did any ex-
plorers, trappers or missionaries penetrate to
this part of the state as carly as 1912" 1t
did not seem to occur to Mr.. Brandt that
the figures might have been put OH last year
as well as 20 years ago.
The town of Garfield, in the oil regions,
had only three inhabited houses month ago.
1tnow contains 100. A hotel of nearly 100
rooms has risen "likc an exha1ation," and
board at private houses is 50 a day, with
the privilege of sleeping outdoors. The tel
ephonc and the telegraph are already there,
and the railroad is expected soon. This is
quite Dakota-likc.
Some 10000 cattle are now on the trail on
grazing in the Indian Territory and other
herds which will swell the aggregate to
1000 are going in from Texas, Arkansas
horses in the territory All these animals
are feeding and will be ready for the north
ern and eastern markets in short time
Rev. r. Moffat, acting pastor of the First
Presbyterian church of Brooklyn, N. Y, is
accused of having forged his certificate of or
dination and his credentials. He is very
popular among his congregation, which is
largely increased since his installation.
The Democrats of California have nomi-
mated the following candidates for congress:
At LARGE. r. Glassock. c. A. Summer.
First District-W. 8. Rosecrans. Second
Game ss,3 Il: Bndd: T:h,ir,d-Barclay Healy;
on the state ticket: Lieutenant governor
John Daggett. Secretary of state-Thomas
L. Thompson. Controller-G. H. Dunn.
Treasurer--W. A. January. Supreme Court
Judges Ross and 'sharpstsin presentincum-
bents.
Dalton, Tenn, has young lady dentist
and among the young men of that town
toothache is more popular than beer.
Delegate Pettigrew is urging a measure
calculated to check speculation in soldiers
declaratory statements
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29
NEWS OF THE DAY.
NetVS from, JYnshi,a0tO3a.

Commissioner Fink has issued the new
schedule of west bound freight rates, to tax,
effect July 1, which are rs follows: FRS
class, 90 cents per 100 pounds, against Il
cents, the old tariff; second class, so cents
third class 40 cents; fourth class; 80 cents
A special class, including sugar, molasses
and syrups, has been created, with rate o.
% cents per 100 pounds. 1t is claimed that
none of the roads have renewed their Ole
contracts, nor made new ones. 1t is also as
serted that theme rates will be maintained
as the railroad was being ended the motive
for carrying the traffic at less than cost has
been removed.
a Washington special says: Washburl
had an interview With the secretary of the
interior with reference to the question Of
opening up the Turtle Mountain reservation
in Dakota. The secretary indicated unmis-
takably that he had no doubt that the In
dams had no title to the lands. He also left
Mr.. Washburn to infer that while congress
was in session, and had the matter before it,
he did not think it was proper for him to take
action in the matter, but that he would do
so immediately upon the adjournment OF
congress, provided that congress itself did
not take any action.
Senator Ferry, chairman of the committee
on postotlice and post-roads, announced a
bill directing the postmaster general to re-
turn all dead letters free of postage to the
writer's. 1tappears by comparison with form
er years that this branch of the postal SER
vice has been very inetticiently administered.
In 1870 there were received at the dead letter
office 9, S., S6S letters. OF these there were
delivered to the sender 1,4S7, O21 In 1881
there were received 2,S9S, 1853, but there were
returned and delivered to the sender only
Cpl ,33o-ncarly 800, 900 less than in 1870:
The president in offering to appoint Mr..
John T. Agnew member of the tariff COM
mission wrote to him personally and. also
offered him the presidency Of the commits
sion. Mr.. Agnew in his reply declining the
appointment expressed his sincere thanks
for the compliment paid to him by the presi-
dent.
Midshipmen Harry NJ. Finley resigned
his place in the navy last week, because he
feared he could not pass the final examina-
ton, went to his home at Bucyrus, O., and
shot himself dead with a revolver. He was
twenty four years old and the son of ex-
Congressman Finley.
The superintendent of thc'gencral recruit
ing service will cause forty recruits to be
to Fort Smelling, for assignment to the fifth
infantry.
Secretary Folger has ordeerd an investiga-
ton Of the affairs of the cabinet shop con-
ncctcd with the treasury department under
Forlnan lIcsler
Gen. Crocker will not make circus out o
the Guiteau hanging. Only few spccta-
tors will be admitted.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29

The high cost of meats has increased
the interest in the propagations of food
fishes. The states quite generally, and
congress frequently, have passed laws to
encourage it, and very favorable re-
suits have been reached. The work is
Important. Fish, as everybody knows,
is an admirable article of diet, and the
raising Of fish for market is as laudable
as the raising of cattle or of grain. At
the east the consumption of fish has
greatly exceeded anything ever before
known, and even if meats should decline
IN price, the fish eating habit will remain.
While it will not pay as a general thing
to quit farm work TO go fishing," or
hunting, the stocking orcontiguous takes
or streams with fish is something that
should not be neglected.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29
Personal and Iae2,e7'sOm0l.

Col. Cook, the venerable father of the Ia
mented Adjt. Cook, who fell with Custer on
the fatef,l field of the Little Bighorn, has
returned home to Chicago from a visit to the
battle ground. He reports the new mon,,-
ment to the memory of the dead heroes in a
bad state of preservation. The stone of
which it is formed has not proved hardy
| enough to endure the harsh climate of the
section where it is planted.
AT New York, Michael Davitt vigorously
denied the charges of attempting to split
the land league, rival Parnel as a leader go
ing for communism, etc, He said: "My
first resolution shall be to discard all feel
ing of hatred to the English people and keep
down all promptings of revenge, while striv-
ing for the peace, happiness and prosperity
Minnie Myrtle Miller the first wife Of Jo-
quin Miller, die,i few. days since in the
Woman's hospital, New York, after long
illness and great suffering. Her former hus-
band was among those who administered to
her last wants.
Adam Marty represents Minnesota
and John Lind, Iowa in the council of adj
minstratipn Of the Grand Army Of the Re
public, whose next meeting will be held at
Denver in September, 1888.
The National Eclectic Medical association,
at New Haven, elected Prof: A. J. Howe of
Cincinnati president The next meeting
will be held at Kansas City.
Charles T.. Yale of Winona, son of ex-
Lieut.. Gov. Yale, was admitted at st. Paul to
practice in the United States circuit court.
Before Oscar Wilde started OH his south
crn trip he had delivered eighty lectures,
which Noted him $4,000.
The republican congressional convention
Of the Third Iowa district nominated d. b.
Anderson Of Dubuque
Ramen +. Craido, a Cuban planter be-
queathed 100000 for Cuban college in
New York.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29
The Indian Reservation.

The New York Graphic prints a map
showing the Indian reservations of the
United States west of the S4th meridian,
and the number of Indians belonging
thereto, from which it appears that
there are PSI, 1851 of the aborigines still
left, and the lands they occupy amount
to 155, 632,3l2 acres, or $4,000 square
miles-an area as large as all of New
England, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland and the two Vii
ginias together. The reservations num-
Der throughout the United States about
125, and the agencies about two hundred.
The five civilized tribes in Indian Terri
tory have betweenthem 16, 250 houses, 200
schools, and 1855 churches where the
gospel is expounded by seventy -four
missionaries: Seventy thousand of the
uncivilized Indians have been doing
work of improvement and have now
1898 houses, of which l 400 were built
during the census year. They have also
accommodation for 10000 Of the 4O, 600
children belonging to them. OF the
civilized Indians $4,000 can read, and of
the uncivilized Is, SIS. no less. than sos
of who m learned during the year.
Among the mcivilized Indians there
are also 26,A0 families who cultivate
farms or small patches of ground, and
over IS, 900 masculine Indians of this
class do some sort of useful civilized
work.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29

During the summer season of four
months last year, moro than $4,000
Americans went to Europe as frst-class
steamship passengers. This year the
increase is so great that the unpre-
ccdcnted record Of 1881 will probably
be beaten more than onc-third. Appli-
cations for berth-rooms are so numerous
that notwithstanding the addition of
many new steamers to the carrying ca
pacity, all the lines are crowded. There
are now twenty-one steamship lines
plying between New York and Europe,
and there is scarcely a berth to be had
on any Of them until after the middle Of
July. This gives an idea of the number
ofpeop]e who arc making money in the
United States.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29
Fatal Accident on the Manitoba
Railroad

A very serious accident occurred o., tbo
main line oftne Manitoba railroad on Sat-
urday near Atwater. While construction
train was running at the rate of about eight
cen miles all hour through some mysteri-
Gus agency the locomotive anda number of
cars including the caboose and an adjoining
flat tumblcd down twelve foot embank.
ment into eight feet of water. There were
thirty or forty men in these two cars and
thirteen dead had been takcn} from The
wreck at last accounts and quite a number
wounded. It is feared that there are Others
under the debris in the deep water, and n
wrccking party searched all night for other
victims of the accident. Among the killed
was Geo. Floody, one of the trllsty cngince, $
of the line. The others are Norwegians and
Swcdcs. Floody lived at Willmor
He leaves wife, two sons and two daugh.
tiers, whose bereavement calls forth the deep
est sympathy.
The names of the killed and wounded. So
far as can be asccrtained, are as follows:
The killed, Geo. Floody, engineer; ]. G..
Dahl, workman; Andrew Anderson, work
man; S. Thompson, workman; Torson Bcrk-
land, workman; Kristialison Swift, work
man; John Holland, workman.
The wounded; James Wilson; G. Solbere
right side bruised; II. Stanton, internal in
juries; Peter Rasmussen, right arm broken:
and severe internal I'M uries: J. Winters. fire.
man, both arms broken.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29
From FO7'ei07a Lands.

In the house of commons John Bright
said that it was obvious that the condition
of Ireland was made greatly worse by sub
scriptiOns raised in. America, and by those
persons who came from America to partici-
pate in conspiracies. He did not hesitate to
say that those subjects of the queen who had
taken part in the Chicago convention were
traitors to the crown. The object of clause
twelve Of the repression bill was, he said, to
from exciting the people to disorder. Sexton
warned the government that the feelings gen.
Grated among Irishmen driven as aliens from
their careers Of industry must cause trouble
to Great Britain at no distant date The
clause was carried-l32 to 80.
Mr. Scarlet, the representative of Che Dub
lin Freeman's journal and several other
Irish newspapers, is at present in Ottawa, Ell
route for the Northwest. He intends writ
ing series Of letters to the newspapers, with
a view to placing before the Irish people his
views of the claims which Canada presents
as a field for Irish immigration. He thinks
it possible that with proper effort q consider
able emigration from the country in ques-
ton might be secured.
G. O. Trcvelyan, chief secretary for Ire
land in opposing various limitations to
right of search, appealed to members to ex-
pedite the repression bill. Every day, he
said, give the Irish executive fresh reason
with regard to the position Of the country,
with deep and increasing anxiety and added
seriously to the responsibility Of those who
prolonged the discussion.
The London Times says the guard ship
Valorous was recently ordered to Devon
port for court martial duty in connection
with certain discrepancy offences, but in
consequence of private information as to the
>an=er of leaving the coast inefficiently
watched the order was countermanded.
A nihilistic lodging was discovered by the
Russian police on Vassila island, and forty
nine persons were arrested and large guam
tity Of dynamite was seized.
Bismarck explains that the reason he OPP
poses the joint meditation of France and
England in Egyptian affairs is he fears they
| will fight about it.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29

Mexico is throbbing with all sorts of
enterprises for increasing transportation
facilities, which the government is sub
siding and encouraging literally. Large
sums are promised for round trips of
steamers to New Orleans, New York,
Liverpool or Italy; for canals and rail-
road lines, intended to open new coun-
try and new fields of trade. American
engineers and mechanics are finding re-
munerative employment in every direc-
ton, while native laborers who are will
ling to work are making more money
than ever before.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29

1t is amusing to read in some protein
tious newspapers this side of the water,
Oracular comment on current foreign
news. One might think the callow writ
ers We're on intimate terms with all the
crow ned heads and the boon companions
Of Gladstone, Bismarck and the minis
ters of every nation, and that crises that
can have no other solution than general
war are things of daily occurrences: But
the truth is that the writer's know but little
ornothing Of what they are writing about.
A heavy editorial on foreign affairs is
deemed a necessity Of journalism and
they endeavor to meet the exigency as
best they may.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-06-29

The lecture field, so popular of yorc,
is now almost deserted by those who
once. adorned it. Their places have
been taken by cranks all sorts, often
made notorious by connections with
crimes and scandals But after all, the
lecture is one of the best means Of
healthy entertainment and instruction
and must again take its proper position.
The old lights have gone ont-some
leaving bad odor-but men of charac-
ter and standing and bright intellectual
attainments will still be called to electrify
the public from the platform.