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Our Dakota Letter.

BlsMAnk, April 2l.-Our family cir
Gle was gladdened by the arrival of the
GRAPHIC. We have had some very
fine weather lately, the grass Is start
| ing nicely and things begin to look as
if spring was coming at last. Father Z,
Bates and Home, Of our party, started
for Moose rlver last Monday They will
be absent about II days ii they haye
good luck. They drove four mules to
one wagon, took plenty Of chuck
and 10 sacks of corn for their
team. We haye seven head of horses
to dispose OF yet Have sold seven head
for prices ranging from 1919 to 800 per
span. | like Bismark much better than
at first; there are some very excellent
men here. Among them are James
Emmons, Real Estate dealer, ex-Mayor
Hacket. one of the founders of Bismark,
Edward Ware, Attorney, MIR. Whitney
the manager aud proprietor of the
Bismark Theater, a gentleman, and a
man that knows how to please the peo-
pie. Crowds OF emigrants still come on
every train from the east, going
toward the setting sun. | met one man
from old Missouri since | came here
Mr.. Slime of Clark county. Lots of
capital will be invested in Bismark IN
the next six months. Every one stays
that comes here and stops any length |
of time. The North Pacific X. K. COM
pany are rapidly constructing large
bridge over the Missouri River, and
when finished 1t will be splendid piece
of work. Our party are all well so far,
excepting colds caused by changing
climates. | will drop you line when
The Moose River party returns.
FRANK SMITH.
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GREENTOP GRAPHICS.
Sad ACCident-Dr. Wilson's Child
DrOWned-ferSOnal Notes. &C.

GIEENToP, Nc, Apr. 29.--Busnes
pretty fair.-Town full Of teams.
John Miller, of Queen City, Wen
home This morning. Has been work
ing Tor ID. H. Roberts & Co., invoicing
their stock of goods bought of Lind {
Bro.
Father Barnett has gone to Indian
apolis on a vsilt.
| w. A. Mckechan has bought out
Clay Prices drug store, and will open
out on Monday the 1st CT May.
John Heavelin's little child pulled
a cup cf hot coffee off the table on
Wednesday evening last and scalded
itself very severely on one side of its
neck and shoulders. DR.. Wilson was
called in and dressed the wounds.
Clay Price is on the sick list and is
considered in very dangerous condi-
ton.
+. J. lice. N. Speer, and ID. II. Rob-
erts opened out their store this morn
ing under the firm name of ID. ii. Rob
erts & Co.
Little Henry Wilson. a spr:ghtly lad
about 5 years. old. son of Dir. J. a. Will
son and NJ. Il. Wilson. fell INTO their
well after dinner to-day and was
drowned. They missed him about 2
o'clock and hunted the town over, and
not finding him they went TO examin-
ing the wells. Mr.. Wilson, with the
ald OF A. Buckalew and John Fish
Wen. down into the well, which Is
about Is feet deep with. about ; feet of
water, and found him and brought
hlm up. The well is on Mr.. Wilson's
place, having been dug for a cistern.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wilson take it very hard
10 lose their little son so sudden and
others will mss him very much. as he
always had an answer for every one
who spoke to him. The funeral will
be preached tomorrow at II o'clock.
Sunday Evening, April 30ih. The
funeral was we'll attended, the house
being full. The sermon was preached
by Mr.. Green, and when nearly through
The family of Elias Owen was sent for,
and it was reported that their little
glrl, about one year old, was dying.
which proved TO lie true, Tor about Two
o'clock she breathed her last. She has
'een sick for me time, and was a
pretty and smart little child and loved
~ all who came in contact with her.
She will be buried tomorrow.
Clay Price is reported worse to-day
With not much prospect of his ever
;ettlng we'll Later: He is dead.
REGULAR.
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School Building.

Ed. GRAPHIC: Permit me through
your paper to give my views concern
ing the contemplated new building.
Our present school building IS now
comparatively new, and the people felt
the tax severely in building it. 1t is
true it is not what it should be, and
more or less of the peoples money was
sqyandered upon it, for the workman
ship is miserable; yet beyond a doubt
the building could be repaired or made
good the town cannot afford to lose
the money expended in erecting it, and
if too small, an addition may built on.
l am opposed to voting tax upon pos
terity or upon those who have no voice
in the matter, but l am in favor of rais-
ing an immediate tax TO repair up the
present building and build on an ad-
dition sufficient with the other part to
answer present requirements. Econ
omy in public affairs as well as in pr.
vate is good motto. AS the matter
now stands it is question of indebted
ness to the amount of $4,000 with
$I,75c,oo interest per annum and a new
building entire, with perhaps total loss
of the present one, and involving be-
yond a doubt loss in discount on
bo nds in order to cash them. l feel it
my duty to vote against the proposition
rs 1t now stands. WM. HART.
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Editorial ignorance and Bourbon
Prejudice.

EDITOR GRArHIe:-I know you do moi
claim to publish religious journal nol
to he set for the defense, Of any reli-
gious sect or denomination, but the
Democrat of this week indulges in such
piece of prejudice spite and Ignorance
againsta great body Of American people
that | think you ought not let it pass
without notice. His wrath is aroused
by resolution of American citizens
which endorses President Arthur's veto
of the Chinese bill, simply because said
citizens happened to be methodist
preachers.
He charges that these men were
greatly instrumental in bring on our
rebellion doubtless because they be-
lieved slavery great moral worng,
and denounce it as the 'sum of all VII
ainies'' and so helped to educate the
great north, to prefer the union to
slavery when assalled by pro-slavery
bourbon democracy. Guilty in the
same sense as their revolutionary slres
were who would not submit to British
tyranny and went to the field fighting
as they preached and prayed. The
Methodist Episcopal church has no need
to be ashamed of her record in connec-
ton with ''our rebellion
The editor shows the most culpable
Ignorance in his assault upon the
the missionary operations Of protestant
christians in China. He says I'VE t?)
have been sending missionaries Tor
centuries to China, and as yet have not
converted corporars guard OF them"
The facts are these: the first protestant
missionary, Rev. R. Morrison. landed in
Canton in September, 1907. When
Missionaries were sent to reinforce him
they were not permitted to land. he
country was not really opened for them
until the conclusion of the opium war,
1912. Then their operations were con-
fined to the four open ports. Little was
done except to learn the language and
get the scriptures translated, until the
close of the Chinese rebellion in 1857.
Since then such success has attended
the efforts of four great Protestant
sects that IN 1880, the actual Chinese
communicants giving evidence of con
version, were more than 13,2OO.
The efforts and success of these Meth
odlst ministers show clearly that the
Chinese are more easily converted to
christian life than a bourbon democra-
tic editor.
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Mondays Daily.
BARN BURNED.
Four HOrSeS-COrn, Hay, etc, q
Total Loss.

Last night about nine o'clock the fine
barn on the farm recently purchased
by Mr.. l.. Watson. of John Miller, stu
uated four miles north of Brashear was
discovered to be on fire. The barn and
contents were a total loss. Four horses
perlshed in the flames. The barn also
contained three hundred bushels of
corn: LOT of hay etc The barn was
one of the best in the county and cost
perhaps fifteen hundred to two thou
sand dollars. The fire was without
doubt ineendiary IN its origin, as no
fire or lights had been in or near the
barn. What could have prompted the
act on the part of any one ren.ains
mystery.
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THE sTATELEGISLATU
A Lively Debate Over the James Res.
OlutiOn-Charle Y Johnson
ReCantS.
Specia: to the Post-Dispatch.

Spccia: TO the st-Dispatch.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo-, April IS
When the House met this morning
Speaker Bashaw ruled Bonham's reso.
luton indorsing the Governors action
in the James matter out of order.
Mr.. Upton, 4 Republican leader,
then offered similar resolution. 1t
was declared out of order, and, after a
lively debate, lasting nearly an hour, an
appeal was taken from the decision of
the chair. The Democrats voted solid
eighty TO sustain the chair; the Re-
publicans and Greenbackers, for:y-two
in number, voted against the chair.
The House adjourned until to-mor-
row morning.
THE SENATE
WIS in session but twenty minutes and
transacted no business. The Caucus
Committee will submit 4 completed bill
this evening. 1t will be attacked in
caucus. Chas. P. Johnson has declar-
ed himself in favor of fourteen solid
Democratic districts.
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An Arkansaw Traveller.
EuEEKA SPRINGS, Arkansas
April IS. 1852.

April 20, ISSG.
Ed. GRAPHHC:-DEAR SIR.-I started
from old Adair on the eleventh, stop
ped off at Moberly twenty-fnur hours
looking after business matters, and
paid my daughter a short visit. |
found business very dull there, with a
great scarcity of feed for stock. 1t is
also very high. then took the NJ. H.
e T. II. K. for Nevada. Vernon Co., Mo.
There left the railroad, and out over
the country to my farm, and | think |
never saw such Il prospect for wheat III
my life. They raise a great deal of
wheat IN that part of the country, and
it all looks well Farmers are nearly
done planting corn. On the 10th [
boarded the train for Carthage, Mo.
Stayed there one day, and found
several old friends. Saw John Harlan,
who seemed to be doing we'll in the
grocery line, and Is well satisfied with
MS h'1N iOCdLlOli NtAt Cdllcu VI
Luther Reed, who is doing well in tie
banking business: he is in same Lr 1her
only his head is the some winter, and
he is little more lively--if possible
than when he was younger, | also saw
Mr.. Edwards. His former home was
kirksviile. He is well pleased with his
new home, and Is doing well. then
took the st. Louis and San Francisco
r. II. for Pierce City, Mo-, which is a
thriving little town. From there to
Seligman, and by stage to Eureka
Springs. Then came the tug Of war
The ride down the guich in the Concord
stage, drawn by four mules. My wife |
was with me. and when we got through |
her teeth were all out, and some OF
mine were loose. found the Spring"
IN ilourishing condition, with visitors
from almost all parts of the world,
among whom may be noted Hon E. b.
w ashburn, Of ILL.,, Ex-Gov. Washburn,
Of Wis, Ben. H. Hill, of Georgia, Gen.
l.. Clingman, of North Carolina, Judge
G. ID. Camden, of Clarksburg, DR..
of Philadelphia. State Auditor
kearns, and Ex-senator Powell Clayton
# Little Rock, Col b. NJ. BENJAMIN, of
Colorado, Col. Portesfeld, of George
own, ILL.,, besides many others too
to. mention. They are ex-
oecting jeff Da7is soon. The town
lite is not settled yet, but the peo pie are
and are determined to have a
own, and q railroad too. Nearly all
he invalIds seem to be getting well,
nd are glad they came here | saw
ne farmer to-day who said he had
lowed his corn over the second time.
'egetation is well advanced, and the !
nountains are covered with beautiful
overs. Respectfully,
j. ]. DAwDY.
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CoLORED GOOD TEMPLaRs.
What the CslOred People are Doing
to Promote Temperance.

Very few people know that the col
ored people of the state have REGULAR
Grand Lodge of the !. .. q. T., or il
they know il. have any idea OF its
growth extent aud influence
The present head of the order in the
state is citizen of Kirksyille. Mr.. A.
Nj. Hayes, and it is from him we gather
the following brief particulars of the
OF ganzation.
Dual Grand Lodge of the |. o. G.
I. (colored) was organized. at Macon,
City, Oct. 9th, 1879, the attendance of
representatives being but small, there
were bnt few colored templars in the
state. The second session convened at
Brookfield, No., July Goth, 1880, when
it was found the membership had fallen
off instead of increasing. The third
session was held at Macon City on the
18th of last October, and exhibited
brighter prospects for the future. The
progress of the order has been Kindred
by various unavoidable causes among
which were the general want of knowl-
edge in the methods and work of the
order and lack of funds, on the part of
its membership. The former trouble
has been in great measure surmount-
ed and many Of the membership have a
falr knowledge of the work.
There are some thirty six or seven
lodges in the state. The Grand officers
are
A. N. Hayes, Kmksville-G. We. I.
Miss Esther Williams. Macon-G. w.
VT.
r. Riegens, Paris, Mo-, w. C. Coun-
sellor.
J. c. Brown, Macon--G W. Secy.
G. w. Eubanks. kirksvllle, &C. w. |
Treasurer.
There is grand field open in MIS-
souri for Temperance workers III this
direction, and we wonder that 1t has so
long been neglected. Should the qnes-
ton ever come into politics as ii has in
Iowa and Kansas, it will he found to
to have been grand oversight on the
part of those who favor prohibition.
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Or. John I. Hodgen one Of the most
eminent surgeons IL the west died at
his residence in st. Louis, on Friday
evening last, of Peritonltis, after an
illness of only little more than thirty
hours. In his death the medical profes-
sion loses one of Its brightest lights.
His fame was not confined to the west
or 20 this county, bui the worth of his
contributions to the silence of surgery
is acknowledged IN the Old World. He
has been for nearly thirty years pro-
fessor In the Missouri Medical College
and was always, a warm friend of the
struggling young physician, and by his
encouragement and wise counsel has
helped many men on the road to sue
cess. DR.. Hodgen was born in Ken.
lucky in 1896 and was 56 years old at
the time of his death.
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Another Chance for Fourteen
Districts.

JEFFERSON CRY, April 26.-Mr
Thompson, of Macon, will tomorrow
introduce bill, which makes fourteen
solid Democratic districts, the leas
majority in any of them being 64o
He says it has received the Endorsement
of over forty members of the caucus
and will be the bill to be adopted, with
little or no change.
First District-Holt, Nodaway, An.
drew, Buchanan and Platte.
Second Disrict-Wolth, Gentry, De-
kalbClinton, Clay, Ray, Caldwell, Da-
viess, Harrison and Mercer.
Third District-Grundy Livingston,
Carroll, Sullivan, Linn, Charlton, Ran
dolph and Howard.
Fourth District-Putnam, Schuyler,
Scotland, Clark, Adair, Knox, Lewis,
Macon, Shelby and Marion.
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LaBelle Items.

| LAnELlE, Mo-, May s.-Consider-
able excitement was made over case
supposed to be small pox near town,
and many reports were circulated about
it. The citizens here sent to the ply
sician in charge of small pox in Quincy
and had him come and examine the
case, which resulted as follows.
This is to certify that l have this dav
(May 2nd) examined case supposed to
be small pox, and emphatically deny
that there is anything of the kind.
ID. 3. BAKER. NJ. d
Physician in charge of small pox at
Quincy, M
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REPUBLICANlSM.

Republ,canism means something
more than mere party machinery. |
it did not it would have been consignec
TO defeat long before this. No mere
political organization without vital
principle behind and pervadinc it car
long survive the special emergency
which brought in into being. Low
indeed, must be the ideas OF the man.
or republican, who can look upon hi:
party as mere vote-catching and Of
iice yielding arrangement. Such men,
while delighting IN styling themselves
practical politicians, are neither
WISE nor far-sighted No party can
afford to sacrifice one .iot or title of
its principles to secure the support OF
this or that element. Democracy has
tried that experiment to its loss and
shame.
Republicanism will always he true to
itself as long as it represents
the higher and better thought OF the
age: so long as it Is more sollcitous of
being right tl.an it Is of being popular.
The intelligent voters OF the land can
be safely tlusted to take care of them.
selves, and the lovers of justice and
right, are, and will continue to be IN
tie majority. A temporary defeat in
a Just cause is better in the end than
the most overwhelming victory gained
through a sham. Political shams as
well as shamS in business and in society
soon come TO grief.
So far, the republican party has been
too Zig for the bosses" and embraces
within its folds too much of intellect,
too much humanity. and too much of
principle to suffer destruction at
the hands of time servers and mere
policy-mongers.
Whatever new issues may arise, or
whatever old ones may pass away, the
vital principle the progressive sentl-
ment- remains, and there need be no
fear of disorganizatlon, as long as the
party remains true to itself When: it
becomes mere plotter anc trader for
place, when the policy" andmethods Of
of the politician prevail instead OF the
principles Of the statesman and patriot,
then, and not till then, will the repub-
lican party be ready for burial out Of
sight. We believe the party contains
too much of patriotism, too much OF
sturdy honesty, and trle manhood, and
too much of the progressive. indepen-
dent spirit of the age not to vlndicate
and establish It's right to rule the ma
ton.
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Troops for Arizona.

OMAHA, May 2.---All available troops
in the Department of the Platte have
been ordered TO New Mexico and Arlzo-
ma to aid in the suppression OF the hos
tile ApacheS. These troops include the
entir, Third Cavalry and several com
panies from the Fourth and Sixth In
fantry.
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REpISTRICTING MISSOURI.
The Daniels PlaA Adopted by the
Democratic Caucus.

Sr. LOUIS. April ,o.-News reach
cd st. Louis early last evening that
the travail at Jefferson City was over,
that the Solons had in really less time
than had been expected would be con-
sumed and settled the redistricting
question and evolved a map which had
been accepted by the caucus. The
majority report of the caucus commit
tee Of thirteen was adopted despite the
vigorous opposition of the mossbacks,
led by Senator Lloyd, who cried for
fourteen solid districts, and the de-
spairing appeals Of Sam Major, of
Howard county, and Chas. P. John
son, of st. Louis who urged twelve
democratic districts in the country and
a division of ST. Louis into two districts
both of which would be debatable.
The "solld Muldoons" have conducted
a sort of Chinese warfare, and many
were inclined to give them credit for
considerable strength, yet i'll the eau
Gus they summoned but thirty-three
votes. The districts as agreed upon,
and as they will be defined during the
the coming week, are as fellows
First-Putnam, Schuyler, Scotland,
Clark, Adair, Knox, Lewis, Macon,
Shelby, and Marion.
Second l. Sullivan, Grundy, Linn,
Livingston. Carroll, Charlton, Ran
dolph and Monroe.
Third-Worth, Gentry, Harrison.
Mercer, DeKalb, Daviess, Caldwell,
Clay, Ray and Clinton,
Fourth-Atchison, Nodaway, Holt,
Andrew, Buchanan and Platte.
Fifth-Jackson, Lafayette, Johnson.
Sxth-Saline, Cooper, Pe:tis, Ben
ton, Morgan, Hickory, Camden. Boone
Howard and Moniteau.
Seventh-Ralls, Pike, Audrian, Lin
coin, Montgomery, Warren, Franklin
and St. Charles.
Eighth District-Fourth, Sixth, Eighth,
Twelfth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Twen-
tieth, Twenty-third and Twenty-eighth
wards and St. Ferdinand Township.
Ninth District-First, Second, Third,
Tenth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Seventh,
Nineteenth, Twenty-sixth
and Twenty-seventh wards.
Tenth District-Fifth, Seventh, Ninth,
Twenty-frst Twenty-second,
twenty fourth and Twenty-fifth Wards,
St. Louis county Except St. Ferdinand
Township and Jefferson, Washington,
st. Francois, Ste. Geneyieve. Madison,
IRON, Reynolds and Perry,
Eleventh-Callaway, Cole, Usage,
iasconade, Miller, Maries, Pulaski,
Phelps, Crawford, .Laclede, Dent, Texas
md Wright.
Twelfth-Cass, Bates, Vernon, Bar
on, Henry, St. Clair, Cedar and Dade.
Thirteenth-Polk, Dallas, Jasper,
lawrence, Greene, Webster, Christian,
fancy, Stone, Barry, Newton and Nc
Donald.
Fourteenth-Bollinger, Cape Cir.
!rdeau, stoddard, Scott, Mississippi,
Iew Madrid, Dunklin, Pemiscot,
Wayne, Butler, Carter, Ripley, Shannon
oregon, Howell, Douglass and Ozark, t
This arrangement was mainly the
andiwork of Daniels, OF Audrain /;
Sears, of Macon, and Senator :
,abell, Of st. Louis. By it the Repub-
cans are given a district in the south :,
,est. The estimated Democratic ma L
orlties are as follows: C
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PETIT JURORS.
June Term County Court.

MEs. Jesse James is out in card in
the st. Louis papers denying in toto
the story that she is preparing the life
OF her husband for publication, as an
nounced 10y certain publishers. She
also denies having any knowledge of
any criminal acts on the part of her
husband.
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The ATOMIzED MEDIcA EREN SYSTEM

DIR. Campbell's new method OF curing Disease OF
the Lungs and Throat, reducing such Medicine as
the disease demands 10 warm yapor which the
patient inales and breathes, thus bringing the
remedies immediately to all parts Of the diseased
organs, producing immediate relief. aud permanent
cure In the most pleasant manner.
DR. CAMPBELL can be consulted at his Oifce
over S9 Mulberry Street. Des Mones, Iowa.
Will be At the n. NJ. Hotel In KirksyiIle 9th OF
each month aud remain 10 days only.
ul-ii
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Missouri Nomination.

WASHINGTON. May 2.---The President
nominated David A. Stewart Collect or
Of Internal Revenue, Fourth district of
Missouri.
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ST. LOUIS MARKET.

Corn 77li, Hogs. light yorkers GO to
go; common to good packing to Z 50.
Cattle heavy shipping 10 to 7.4O, far
to good steers TO $50 to 700. Sheep
far to good, AS, to $50, prime 4.75 to
600.
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GRAPHIC REPORT.
Of Home and Foreign Markets.
Carefully Corrected and Revised
each Week.

LOCAL MARKETS.
Apples Green Scarce 1.5O br
Butter 20@25 and scarce.
Cheese 10 to 15c.
Eggs u to 1211sc in demand.
Chickens Live 2.50 to 2.75,
Potatoes-COmmOn Sl.00 to f1.25,
choice % to 1.50
Onions -1.25 to 900 per bu.
Carrots
Turnlps to 50c per bu. scarce.
Parsnips-
Beans White 40 to 100 per bu.
Scarce.
Sweet Pdatoes- 80 to 800
Bacon Sides 1l1s to 13c, shoulders
Z to Is. Hams 10 10 IA.
Lar Firm at II to 15c
Beoswax-2O to pc
Tallow-5 to SIC
Hay-Timothy s12 to s14 prairie SO
70 10.
Seeds Timothy 1925 to 2 40, Hun
garian. SOC to G0c, Millett. 75c to ITO
Corn-75.to soc. Scarce.
Oats-S5c. to LOO
Meal-7O to IS per bu.
Flour-Common SIX. LIS to 100, fancy
200, choice 2.10
Cattle-For butchers use, 4c !o5
Uows-Miich S25 to 40
Hogs-Butcher, 5H to &c.
Sheep-Butcher. 81 to 4c.
Wool-Unwashed 20 to 23c, tub
washed so to 81.
Rags-1.O0 per 100 lbs.
Pelts-According to wool, Soc per lb.
Hides &c, damaged % oft.
dry 13c. No. 2 Sc.
Feathers-Prlme geese, AZ, 10Sotf for