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and lock- They then pried the drawers and
small iron compartments loose, ana removed
the whole to the coal shed Of the Chicago, Mil
ed their plunder. taking over 800 in cash ard
q check on the Glencoe bank for nearly $lOO
more. leaving all other papers. The work ap-
pears to have been done by professionals
! LastSaturday, State Auditor Braden paid old
bonds with new, amounting to $l7, 523,zo.
That Ramsey county is now in good credit IN
Wall street is shown BY the fact tna ~ ~
amountof 1000 and bearing per cent in
terest were sold 20 Kountz Broe. Of New YORK
for 3 per cent premium. Last year the TWEEN
ty year 7 per cent. bonds of Ramsey county
brought only z Of per cent. premium
the state teachers institute at Red Wing
closed it's session Friday noon, having accom-.
has been in session. Besides the general rou-
tine work on Thursday afternoon, President
Erwin Shepherd, of Winona Normal school. i'd
dressed the institute on reading and attention
DR.. C. Hewitt, president OF the state board or
health, addressed the assembled teachers on
the subject Of hygiene A part Of Friday for g.
noon was devoted to the answering Of questions
handed in by the attending teachers
Is A man BY the name of Louis Johns died
Campbell on Sunday, 1 9th inst, from the effects
of an overdose of laudanum. he had been drink
ing fer several days, and after such sprees 1t
seems he was in the habit Of taking laudanum
to let him down easier. This time, either inten-
tionally or by mistake, he took too much and
ended his life.
David Sanford, Jr:, Of St. Paul, Of the gradu-
ating class of the Michigan state university 1T
Ann Arbor, received the degree of bachelor OF
nipeg; Edward George of Rochester, Mimi,
and Charles L. Grannis, Jr., of High Forest,
MINI.
The Congregational council which met at
Lake City on Wednesday last to censide" the
resignation of Rev. p. B. Fisk unanimously re-
solved that Mr. Fisk should accept the position
rendered him of field agent and secretary Of
Carleton college and advised the church at Lake
City to accept his resignation. The council tes-
tilted to their high appreciation of Mr. Fisk's
ability as preacher and his faithfulness as q
pastor, and expressed q belief that he will have
equal success in his new and larger field. Mr..
Fisk will remove to Mortified in about three
weeks.
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MIS- CELLANEoua

At the meeting in Philadelphia last Monday
evening, in the interest of Hampton Institute.
Senator Hawley, of Connecticut, introduced his
speech upon the Importance Of the work in
is with us-about 261, 1000 of him-lle has
been with us from the beginning, and We havn't
made much Of q SUCCESS of him. The solution
of fhe problem which his presence presents is
one Of the tasks which the Almighty has laid
upon us, and it is still unsolved. Unsettled
mankind. We said some beautiful things
about equal rights back there when the Docla-
ration OF independence was signed, but when it
was proposed to apply them to the negro many
we're disposed to say, We didn't mean him.
Ana WIEN we got the negro question disposed
but now tho Chinaman is bothering us-thouel
many OF us were inclined to say, oh, Lord, We
didn't mean that man'-and always with US ia
the unsettled question of the Indian.
, AS two laborers were digging drain at st.
Louis on the premises Of James E. Haggerty,
tney 9noarthed pot tightly sealed, which on
examination was found to contain large
amount OF English sovereigns, American silver
dollars and a hatfull, more or less, of continent
tai currency. The money has not been CONT
60 yet, put there is probably between $780,
4ox "a ana ID $3O, 0O0of the coin, which is dated
the date Of l777. The house was occupied
by Montgomery Blair many years ago and
subsequently, passed into the possession of
Samuel Gaty. -
At Atlanta the preliminary trial of DEPUTY
United States Marshal Bolton and two members
Of his posse, Miller and Freeland, charged with
the murder Of Hicks, an illicit distilIer, closed
Saturday Bolton was discharged and Freeland
and Miller held in bonds Of $500 on charge of
involuntary granddaughter, which under the code
ofGeorgia is killing while in the discharge of a.
lawful act withoutdue caution. and punishable
as q misdemeanor.
New postoffices has been established as fol-
lows: At Carson, Becker county, Mimi, and
squire =. Mckinley is appointed postmaster
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school Districts Defined.

The following decision given by the attor
ney general relative to school districts and the
privileges of residents of any districts, was
received yesterday by the superintendent of
public instruction:
Hon. D. J.. Kiehe, Superintendent of Public In
st1uction-Dear Sir: In response to your favor
submitting certain questions for my opinion.
have the honor to say in answer to your first gues
ton, viz: Is six miles square equivalent to thirty
six square miles within the meaning of section II,
chapter SO, G. j., 1873? In other words can a
district be more than six miles long?" That in my
opinion six miles square is not equivalent to thirty
six square miles, Under this section the district
may comprise entire township irrespective OF
its!engtE, bredth or area: or it may comprise a
territory six miles square in different townships In
the latter case its dimensions are definitely fixed.
and as the authority is statutory it cannot be ex-
tended by construction or implication.
10 your second query. viz. Does this section
authorize county commissioners to give any non
resident OF school district privileges within
it? I answer that the school privileges
which the county commissioners are authorized by
this section to grant confined to such dis
trctS, l. O., district composed of an entire town.
ship, or six miles square, and is also limited tc
persons non-residents of such district and tc
whom the school in such district is easier Of access
than the school in any other district. 1t does not
apply to school districts in general To your third
query, viz: "In proviso 2, section Z. is any linn
itation to the magnitude of a school district i'm
plied?" answer that there is no such Limitation
implied in the section in my opinion
WIN. J. HAHN, Attorney General.
ST. PAUL. March %.
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New Varieties CT Tomatoes.

A new strain Of tomatoes, originated by
Mr.. Livingston, the producer of the Acme
and the Paragon, two of the best to-
matoes of late years, called the Perfection,
Isl combination of the best qualities of
these varieties. The fruit is very early, OF
medium size, has a smooth, tough skin,
which makes it valuable for shipping pur-
poses, and the pulp is solid and of good
flavor. Its especial merit is that it ripens
all over and through at the same time An
other new Seeding tomato, the Mayf ,wer,
IS very large and almost free from seeds.
It is in color blood red and stands rough
handling we'll, quality which will COM
mend it 10 Wholesale Gamers. A box Of
them shipped from New York took the first
prize as tho best Seeding at the last exhi-
bition Of the Massachusetts, horticultural
Society, in Boston. An enormous red to j..
mato from Servia, weighing from two to
three pounds apiece, is called the President
Garfield
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Why He would Not STAY.
From "A Jersey City Idyl"

from "A jersey LILY 1uyL
DO not 90, darling"-and as she spoke
the words, spoke them in low. tender tones
that thrilled him from main truck to keel
son, Gwendolen Mahaffv laid her soft, white
che ok on Plutarch Riordan's shoulder and
gave him look with her lustrous, dove
like eyes that would make your head swim.
Il cannot stay" he replied, kissing the
peachy-red lips as he spoke, and feeling
"istfully in bis overcoat pocket for a plug
of tobacco; I must 20 now, right away"
But the girl placed her arms around his
neck-arms whose soft, rounded curves and
pink-tinted skin would have made an an
chorite throw up his job. and pleaded with
him to stay little longer. II cannot, he
again said, looking at her tenderly.
Cannot" repeated the girl, shade of
anger tinging the tone in which the word
vas uttered. And pray, sir, what SO i'm
peratively calls you hence?'
Bending over her with careless grace
that artfully concealed the slight baggness
at the knees of his pants, Plutarch said in
low, bitter tones that were terrible in their
intensity:
81 have broken nv suspender."
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Newspaper Nonsense.

Tom Thumb has quit smoking. It was
feared that if he continued the habit he
might become stunted.
Smile whenever You can" is Henry w ard
Beeche1's advice, but it is not intended to
apply to young men who go out between
acts to see man.
If Tennyson wrote ~The Charge Of the
Heavy Brigade" we move that the laurel
crown be taken from him and given to Walt
Whitman or the sweet singer Of Michigan,
We care not which.
Copy of notice on the beach at Brigh-
ton: In case Of ladies' in danger of drown
ing, they should be seized by the clothing
and not by the hair, w1ich generally comes
off,"
One Of the legends upon the wall of
room in which the Wisconsin dairymen's
association held it's recent annual meeting
was, Talk to your COW as you would to
lady," But how about conversing with
your bull as you would with gentleman
Why don't go to work? Would you
have me imperil my life, sir? No, sir; you
can't have seen the statistics. [Reads:] 1T
is estimated that 100. 900 persons are annu-
ally killed in England from causes directly
resulting from industrial occupations.
Conjugal amenities. you know in
what month Of the year my wife talks the
least?" well, suppose when she catches
cold and loses her voice." Not at all. It
IS in February" why is that?" Because
February has the fewest days. lie
Figaro.
A Florida rattlesnake was recently killed
by throwing glass of whisky in it's face.
There is moral connected with this touch
ing incident, but we can't exactly point it
OUT Neeo Havem Register. You know
you are thinking what shameful waste
OF whisky!" but are afraid to say it,
Boston Globe.
They were discussing the Anti Polygamy
Bill in Griswold Street tobacco store yes
terday when colored man dropped in to
beg corncob pipe. Thinking to have q
little fun with him one of the debaters said:
Colonel, what action will the colored peo-
ole take on that bill?" whats de billfur?"
Its to prevent any man from having two
wives. mo! Amt you fooling. Not
any. That's the bill, and what are you
going to do about it," doan' know what
de res of de Guild folkses will do, but if
you am tellin' me de truf, an de bill
gets to be a law, an de purleece come
round kickin' up de fuss wild me, 'spects
kin skip across to Canada an 60 to ibin'
wild de odder one agin. doan' sot much
by dis one, anyhow, an nebber have since
foun' dat she run'd away from her hus-
band in Toronto. "-Detroit Free Prees
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1882-04-06
Thoughts Of Thoughtful Men.

A fool may have his coat embroidered
with gold, but it is FOOLS coat sti]l.-Riv-
arol.
In this world of charge, naught which
comes stays, and naught which goes is lost.
Madame Swetchime.
Virtue and decencY are SO nearly related
that it is difficult to separate them from
each other but in our imagination. TWlly.
Poverty is hard, but debt is horrible; o
man might as we'll have smoky house and
scolding wife, which are said to be the
two worst evils OF our life.-SpurOeon.
There arc some critics who change every
thing that comes under their hands to gold,
but to this privilege of Midas they join
sometimes his ears j. Petit Semi.
To buy books only because they were
published by an eminent printer is much
the same as if man should buy clothes
that did not fit him. only because made by
some famous tailor.-Pcpe.
A word that has been said may be I'M
said; it is but air. But when q deed is
done, it cannot be undone, nor can on:
thoughts reach out to all tho mischiefs that
may follow.-Longfelloao.
Grit is grain of character. It may gen.
orally be described as heroism materialized
spirit and will thrust into heart and brain
and backbone, so as to form part of tt e
physical substance of the man. Whipple.
Education gives fecundity of thought,
copiousness of illustration, quickness, Wig
or. fancy, words, images ana illustrations
it decorates every common thing, and gives
the power of trifling without being undig-
nified and absurd Sydney Smith.
Fame has no necessary conjunction with
praise; it may exist without the breath of a
word; it is recognition of excellence which
must be felt, but need not be spoken. Even
the envious must feel it, and hate in sill
ence.- Washington Allstou.
Beauty too often sacrifices to fashion
The spirit of fashion is not the beautiful,
but the wilful; not the graceful but the fan
tasdc; not the superior in the abstract, but
the superior in the worst of all concretes--
the vulgar. Leigh Hunt.
A conclusion may be formed as to the
nature of the angels, from the circum-
stance that they dwell in the light of heav.
en-, and the light of heaven, in it's essence,
is the Divine Truth or Divine Wisdom;
which light simultaneously enlightens their
internal sight, which is that Of the mind,
and their external sight, which is that OF
The eyes.-Sauelenb0rQ.
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MINNESOTA NEWS.
BETRAYED AND BUTCHERED.
Foul Murder in an Otter Tail Swamp.

Foul Murder in an Otter Tail Swamp.
foul murder took place about three miles
from Button, Otter Tail county, MINES ota,
Wednesday evening last William Christie, un-
der pretence of taking his friend HarveyR Stun.
to lis stopping place to sleep with him, took
him to q tamarac swamp, and there murdered
him IN cold blood.
Thursday morning at q. M, two men,
Iaaac Roper and Horace Keith, went to the
swamp to get out ties As they wore driving
along, blood was seen on the snow. They
stopped, thinking deer had been wounded and
that they would follow up its track. Soon they
found body covered with brush and snow,
lying about four rods from the road, where it
had been dragged by the murderer, in the
vain hope that in this unfrequentei spot his
crime would 20 unnoticed. The body was
covered with blood and there was q bullet hole
Just below the right ear.
, Christie was arrested on Friday at Spruce, in
Douglas county, and brought to Bluffton for
examination: He at first refused to say any
thing, but when confronted with the corpse Of
bis victim he completely broke down and con-
fessed that he killed him for his money, and
only got $50. He states that he slipped beside
Strum as they were walking together and shot
him, killing him instantly He then took the
money which he kept, also gold watch and
chain which he threw away. Strum was un-
married and had formerly worked for Christie's
father in Hancock county, Ia. OhIi site has .
wife and one child, and has many friends here
who have known him from toyhood. He has
always been quiet and peaceable, and this &C.
ton ia beyond comprehension.
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A Blanket with q History.

Gen. Simon Cameron not long ago took
mp large Iucain blanket that hung over q
chair near him, and said to correspondent
of the Boston Herald, who was convenient
" near: This has queer histors. When
was senator and Gen. Grant was p7esl-
dent confederate friend of mine had
son Shoii he wanted appointed 2dlieuten-
ant in the army. This gentleman and had
been friends before war parted us. Grant
did not like to make the appointment, but
1 continually urged it, because I had nay
1eart set on serving my friend. Almost in
the last hours of the session, however. l
Induced him to send in the name. think
ne expected it was too late to get it confirm
ed, but | hustled about, got my democratic
friends to help me-, ana at the very last
moment, secured his confirmation. he is
now on the plains, and some time ago sent
me the Indian blanket. / prize livery high
~. and told Grant its history not long ago.
1t amused him greatly. Theboy ia making
q good officer hear
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More of Gulteau's Talk.

Mr.. Scoville paid the assassin visit last Sun
day. Guiteau greeted him in a surly manner
and upbraided him for not being more discreet
in talking about communication of sentence.
"1want you to understand, Scoville, said Gui-
team, shat lido not want my sentence commuted
to imprisonment for life. If Arthur can't give
me q free, full pardon, don't want any fav-
ors from him. I don't want any more
interference in this matter. When 1 want q
pardon, shall send word to the presi-
dent, and at the same time present him with q
copy of the new edition Of my book. That
will fix it.
Then in general spirit he called Mr. S:oville
aside and placing 1925 in his hand, said
''Here is part OF the money! received from
the sale Of my old clothes. You have been
pretty kind to me after all, and guess you
need some money" Guiteau then announced
that he had buried the Ratchet, and did not in
tend to quarrel with his friends any more The
aseassin's' greed for money has not abated in the
slightest, and he was very bitter against War
den Croker for refusing to allow visitors to
come to his cell on Sundays. Mr.. Scoville
seemed much affected at the action of the pris-
oner towards him, and said he couldn't make
up his mind to abandon Guiteau's case az he
was satisfied no one would argne his case if he
and Reed left him. No time has been fixed for
beginning the argument before the general
term.
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FOSTOFFICE CHANGES
During tho Week Ending March rs, 1873:
MINNESOTA.

During tho Week Ending March rs, 1882,
MINNESOTA.
Discontinued Wrodahl, Clay county.
Polk cSgntZ
Read: Clarissa, Todd county, Frank B. Nutting;
Hopkins. Hennepin county, Mrs. Flora Nj. Hopkins;
Jackson county Henry K.ut'9n Ridge
Olmeted county. P: L. Ohio; Silver Creek. Wright
county. James D: Chubb; Thomson, Carlton coun-
ty, Robert B. Wallace: Victor, Wright county.
Established Trempealeau county. John A.
Jones, postmaster: Timothy. Manitowoc county,
Name Changed-Osceola. Fond du Lac county, tc
Cavenaugh.
Postmasters Appointed Antigo. Lauelade coun-
win &. Barber; Rutland. Dane county. Harrison
thompson: Stockholm. Pepin county. August
Sahlstrom.
stablished-Gerard, Marshall county, John Van
Postmasters Appointed Butler. Keokuk county,
Moore: DahloneGa. Wapello county, N. NJ. Lane;
Dallas. Marion county, William Golf Eagle Center,
Black Hawk county, w =. seyler: Gallon. Gag
H. Mears: Green Bay, Clarke county. John c. Tall
man: Hardin City, Hardin county, A. L. Richard;
Hayesyle. Keokuk county, George Richardson;
Merrimac, Jefferson county. William Brice: Pleas
ant Prairie, Muscatine county, James E. McElroy:
Rock. Marion county, William Myers: Selection.
Monroe county. A: G.. Arnold: Shedahl. Story
county. 8. w. Snider; Upper Grove. Hancock
county. w. T. McKruff: Warsaw, Wayne county,
n. s. Loughman: Wilsonville, Van Buren, county,
+. M. Harlan; Winchester, Van Buren, county,
Richard Workman.
DAKOTA.
Established Walsh county, John Ste
venson, postmaster; Byron, Kingsbury county, Ru-
county, Louis Connolly, postmaster; Opdahl. Ham
lin county. Hogen Opdahl, postmaster; Viewfeld,
Lawrence county, Yes. P. Shonn, postmaster; Wo-
gansport. Burleigh county, Henry F. Wogan. post
master.
Discontinued-Perth, Grand Forks county; West
view, Pembina county; Williams, Cass county.
Postmasters ACCOMPLISHMENTS, Miner county,
Cyrus B. Ingham; Bonnersville, Ransom county,
Alexander Hitchcock.
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Brutal Crime at Brainerd, Minnesota,

Brutal Crime st Bratnerd, Minnesota.
Brainard Tribune: Sunday evening one of
the male servants of q leading hotel was about
to retire to his room, and when passing near
the parlor he heard noise az if chairs and ia
bles were being unset, but upon entering the
room he found it dark and quiet as the silent
grave. He proceeded to light Matches and as
fast as he did so they were extinguisbed by
some cause unknown. Finally he succeeded III
lighting lamp, when eight met his gaze that
almost paralyz.d him. In the center Of the
room or tho floor lay the form Of q young and
beautiful girl in semi unconscious state, still
being under the influences Of chloroform Her
clothing was badly disa,ranged, the poor girls
person more or less exposed, and unmistakable
signs Of a high-handed outrage existed, the
perpetrators Of which had by this time mys-
teriously disappe ared, but evidence existed that
there were two Of them, though their
identity remains mystery. Upon bel 6
aroused and asked what she was doing there.
she replied "Never mind me, know what
am about" Upon more fully recovering she
became frantic upon the discovery OF her pligl t
and betrayal, and demanded in q wild, hysteric
voice to be confronted with her assailant., who
could not be found. She is a fine lookingy ,uDg
woman Of about twenty years Of age, and is de-
scribed as being very prepOssessing. The two
wretches who committed the dastardly deed are
classed among the upper crusts Of the city.
The unfortunate victim OF this disgusting and
disbolical outrage left on the train last evening,
and as no complaint was made, the affair has
been draped in silence, but the excitement
among the occupants Of the house still runs
high
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A COlOradian Epitaph.

Epitaph hunters may b glad to know
that a rich reward awaits the enterprising
searcher in the lonely mountain gulches Of
Colorado. The following specimens will
serve to illustrate the prevailing sentiment
of these last tributes:
He had sand in his craw,
But was slew on the draw:
So We planted him out in tho dew;
which is equivalent to saying that it is es-
sential 10 be quick as we'll as brave. An
other inscription thus accounts for TRACE
dy in which man shot his wife and then
killed himself in dismal gulch near Del
Norte: 1.-Two poor tenderfeet- couldn't
stand the altitude"
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GratCfui XNnAn.

None receive SO much benefit, and none
are so profoundly grateful and show such
an interest in recommending Hop Bitters
as women. It is tho only remedy pecu-
liarly adapted to the many ill sthe sex is al
most universally subjectto. Chills end fe-
YER, indigestion and deranged liver con-
slant or periodical sick headaches, weak
ness in the back or kidneys, pain in the
shoulders ind different parts Of the body,
a feeling of lass1tude and despondency,
are all readily removed by these Bltters.-
CO7LYnnt