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The Dickinson press., 1883-06-16
Dakota Railroad Talk.

A Chicago dispatch says there is
considerable turmoil at the headquar-
tiers OF the Chicago u Northwestern com
pany and the Chicago. M1waukee.& st.
Paul company in regard to the matter o!
extending their lines to Bismarck, the
new capital of Dakota. Both of these
companies at present enjoy amicable re-
lations with the Northern Pacific, and
naturally desire to retain them. Build
ing their lines to Bismarck would result
in tapping the Northern Pacific at a
point $50 miles west of its eastern ter
minus at Minneapolis and st. Paul.
Naturally, the Northern Pacific desires.
and will desire, to have the longest pos
sible haul gifts traffic, both eastbound
and westbound, and the Northern Pacific
company would be very likely to re-
gard the Bismarck extension
Of the Northwestern and tho
Milwaukee roads as a trespass
upon its particular field, and a threat
at its business: The board of directors
Of the Milwaukee company are now in
Dakota considering this question, and
the executive committee of the North
western company are also wrestling with
the problem. Both companies believe
!ley VIII pe compelled by legitimate
business considerations to extend their
southern Dakota line through to Bis
marck, if for no other reason than to
give southern Dakota access to their
new capital, without the necessity of
travelling 1000 miles round by way OF
Minneapolis and st. Paul. But they
wish to accomplish this without provok-
ing an open rupture with the Northern
Pacific folks.
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-16
q nation united to Russia by bonds OF I
ditional friendship"

a nation united to Russia by bonds of ira
oltlonal friendships"
In the house of lords, recently, the
OIL legalizlng a marriage with a dis
eased wife's sister, passed its second read
ing by a vote of 165 to 1853. The Prince OF
Wales. Duke of C%onnaught and Duke of
Albany voted for the bill. Two archbish-
ops and nineteen bishops voted against ii.
a brilliant review took place recently on
the Petrotfsky plain of IS, 600 troops. The
emperor and empress left att this afternoon
ior Peterhotf. The outcome ofthe corona
ton will, it is thought in we'll informed cir
Giles, be the adoption of conservative meas
ures at home and u pacific policy abroad.
Sulieman Daoud aud Mahmoud Somi, &C.
cused of setting fire TO Alexandria at the
time of the British bombardment, have been
found guilty and sentenced to death. Eigh-
teen officers found guilty of completely in
the sa1na crime have been sentenced to vari-
Gus terms Of penal servitude.
G%ladstone's statement in the house of
commons in regard to the circumstance Of
Errington's visits to Rome has given great
satisfaction to the Vatican. Errjngton is
about to leave Rome for England. He will
be given a private audience by the pope be-
fore he goes.
The celebrated case of Miss Chatfey to
annut her marriage, during the carnival
last winter, with a bogus Lord Cantyre, is
on trial at Montreal.
Helen Markirch, who attempted to shoot
King Milan in the cathedral at Belgrade in
October, was found dead in prison recently;
supposed suicide.
Count Tolstoi, minister of the interior.
has been instructed to draft a law giving
greater liberty in charge of domiciles.
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-16

A law for the encouragement Of large
families has been proposed in France,
and considering the growing tendency to-
ward celibacy in that country there is a
good deal of sense in it. The law pro-
vides that every head of q family who
has more than four children shall be en-
titled to a reduction of fifteen per cent
on his annual taxes, and to an addition,
al reduction of five per cent. for each
child in excess of five. In case the
father does not pay taxes in excess OF
100 francs a year he shall be entitled to a
premium of 200 francs for his fifth child:
300 francs for his sixth, 400 for the sey-
enth, and so on,
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-16
Miscellaneous Qua ckery.

Our own times have witnessed the
performances Of quacks who cured dis
ease by the laying on of hands, but the
practice has obtained and has been be-
lieved in by almost every generation Of
men and with royal encouragement, for
only in comparatively recent days has
the sovereign of England ceased to treat
the Kings evil by touching the patient.
In the latter part Of the last century a
man and his wife named Southerbourg
became quite celebrated in England for
curing all ills in this way. They cured
the patients gratis, issuing tickets of adj
mission, which strangely fell into the
hands Of people who sold them to such
rs were tired of waiting their turn.
Seventh Sons of Seventh Sons have
often imposed on the public with their
%pretensions, but the boldest quacks of
hosiery are those mentioned by Steel,
n who pretended to be able to cure
cataract and all other diseases of the eye,
because he himself had lost one of his
eyes in the Seven Years War; another
could treat lameness with success because
he was born lame, while still an
other knew everything and could
cure all diseases because,
lie had six fingers on each hand and six
toes on each foot. most notable quack
Of the last century was st. John Long.
His specially was consumption, which
he cured by means Of a liniment. This
was OF such wonderful virtue that when
applied to the back or shoulders of Il
person entirely WE'LL it produced no effect
whatever, bat if the patient had the
smallest weakness or disease Of the lungs
the liniment made g sore which drew all
the lad Enmors in the blood to the sur
face, and thus relieved the lungs from
the impending danger. For Il time he
had great success, until he finally sue
ceeded in killing couple of ladies by
mean of his liniment, when he was
tried for manslaughter, and though ac-
quilted lost his practice. By'a strange
freak of fortune, he himself died,of con-
sumption, the very disease over which
he protested such unlimited power.
The most intelligent quacks have often
awaited themselves Of the recuperative
powers Of nature; have prescribed some
harmless nostrum as an infullible cure.
have insisted on perfect cleanliness, reg
ular lives and exercise, and moderation
in eating and drinking, and allowed
nature to do the resist. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-16
FOREIGN NEWS GOSSIP.

"A stormy debate arose in the house OF
commons on q motion to reco,nm1t the
Lord Wolseley and Baron Alcester annuity
bills. for the purpose of committing the
proposed pensions for lumpsums otmoney.
Sir Wilired Lawson (RadicaD and Lord
Randolph Churchill Conservative opposed
the motion: The latter alleged that inquiry
into the Egyptian war was first neces-
saw The original war, he said, was DIS
graceful. not glorious. Asthe governments
puppe', the khsdive was the real author OF
the massacres at Alexandria. Sir Stafford
Northcote conservative supported the gov
eminent. The opposition to the grants he
characterized as shabby. In the present
war, he declined to beled by Churchill, and
he hoped the house would not be induced
by the robe lord to accept y position de
grading to its honor. Gladstone declared
that Churchill's allegation, in regard to The
khediYe, was entirely at variance with all
evidence: Churchill promised to give
proofs of his statements, If the government
would grant q proper inquiry.
Next to the passage of the land end ar.
rears act, the most important victory gained
by the Irish parliamentary party is the ac-
ceptance by the government of the labor.
ers' dwellings bill which was read a second
time without opposition last week. Ii
passed in anything like the shape proposed
by its authors, it will create a revolution in
the life. and condition of the most misera-
bic portion of The population of Ireland. 1t
confers compulsory powe:s on local au-
thorities, and provides for the erection of
suitable houses with eoruen plats for agri
cultural laborers. Parliament having ac-
cepted the principle, will be compelled to
carry the bill into effect in one way Or an
other.
st. Petersburg Cable: BY command of the
car a letter has been sent TO Minister Hunt
asking him TO convey the thanks of the
czar to President Arthur for the courtesy
shown in specially according Hunt to repre-.
sent the United States at the coronation.
and also TO express his msjesty's gratitica.
ton at Admiral Baldwin being sent on
board the frigate to attend the grand sol.
emnity. NJ. DE Giers concludes by saving
it has been particularly agree. ble to his ma
jesty to see this mara of consideration from
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-16
Dakota Mhrat Lands

WING
Washington Republican: 1t is o noticeable
fact that about six in every ten Of the entries
of public lands this year have been made inthe
Territory Of Dakota. Reports from that part
of the country indicate that within anothef
year very nearly all Of tho agricultural lands
east of tho Missouri river will have been
taken up by actual settlers. The reasons
for this general tendency toward the Dakota
country are not generally understood In
spite of climatic disa lvantagos which make
some Parts OF the Territory disagreeable as
places of residence, the Territory is ire
s!stlD!y attractive to those who want the best
aud most reliable fields for grain growing.
Tho soil Is a rich loan many feet in depth,
lying upon q bed Of hard clay, which is
almost waterproof. During the winter the
weather is a constant variation from frost to
tha.w, so that by spring the soil is filed with a
III 'lsiure SO abundant that wheat will grow
ana flourish upon it independent of rainfall.
Sucn a thing As a wheat failure has never been
known in that part of the country, though
frequently since settlement began the sum
mcrs havo been excessively hot aud dry. The
yield moreover is always large, and most Of
the farmers after q few seas ons have SO far
psospered that they have been able to hold
their grain fer q high market. These things
l,aHo served to draw the bulk of immigration
that within a very few mouths only the low
grounds and barren spots, which are few, will
rem:in unsettled. Then will come the cutting
up of those vast farms which q few wears
ago astonished the world by their ex-
mt and their extraordinary prodnc,iveness.
These farms served their purpose in adver-
t.sing tho Territory while yet it was young.
Their owners will scarce be able to resist the
opportunities that must shortly be offered
them to sell at prices which will yield them
fabulous profits. The next report Of the gen.
eral land Office will show that moro than Two
thirds of all tho salos to actual settlers Oh the
public domain this spring and summer have
been in tue wheat lands Of Dakota
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-16
Big Wisconsin Failure.

Writs Of an7attschment to the amount of
500, 600 have been issued against the prop
erty of t. G. Mandt, heavy wagon manulac-
turer of the city of Stoughton, Dane county
Wisconsin, and he is forced into bankrupt
cy with liabilities variously estinlsted at
from s2oo, 6Go to $3.50, 900, while his assets
will not exceed 800, 900. The principal
creditors are residents Of Stoughton and vi
cinity, wholesale iron and lumber dealers in
Milwaukee and Chicago and the First Ma
tional and State banks of this city, the last
two being in the amount Of $1,000 each.
Col. William +. Villas of Madison, attorney
for the bankrupt, claims assets for his
client sufficient to liquidate liabilities, and
says Mandt will pay his Indebtedness in full
if the creditors will give him a little time.
The insolvency of Mandt is attributed in no
manner to the fire which partially con-
sumed his works upon Jan. ID, but is the
result of transacting heavy business by
means of borrowed capital.
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-16
Horrible Method ofMuracr.

In the Leith Tredgar Iron Works at Chat
anoga, Tenn, on Friday last a difficulty
.ccurred between two employees, Lafayette
Browder and William Thomas, in which
Browder tried to murder his antagonist by
burning him to death on q red hct iron slab
that was being prepared for converting into
nails. When taken from the slab Thomas
presented a sickening sight. From his
head to his heels he was a mass OF blister,
his back and legs being almost roasted to
crisp. The witnesses on the trial testified that
the appearance of the unfortunate man was
most horrible and that a number of persons
we're compelledto leave the presence OF the
body to escape faipting. 1t was with diff
ticulty that Browder could be dragged off
the poor fellow, and he seemed dete mined
70 roast him alive. The muscles of the
shoulders and the tendons of the legs are
fiightfulIy burned, and should the wretched
man recover, which is doubtful, he will
hardly be able to work at his trade. Thomas
cries were he%artre nding, and his efforts
to escape the clutches of his tormento1 we'll
told the agony he was suffering.
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-16
circling the east coast Of Greenland, and

circling the east coast Of Greenland, and
then the mountains on the coast, some
of which we know are very high. and, if
coming from Davis Sound, the mountain
ridge itself. In both cases the wind
wind, j. e., it must, after passing the
mountain-chains on the coasts, be dry
and comparatively warm.
These causes are not only the reason
of the dry warm 'Fohn' wind in Switzer-
land, and the very remarkable circum-
stance that it is under winds from the
snow-covered mountains that the snow
disappears in Swedish Lapland, but
they play also an important part in the
climatic conditions Of the whole globe.
They are. for example, the cause of The
difference in climate and flora of the two
side s of the Andes, of the east and west
coasts of TERRA del Fuego, and the east
ern and western parts of Australia.
They are the chief course Of the deserts
which cover the interiors of Asia, Aus
tralia, the northern portion of Africa.
and certain parts of America, while
in Sweden they produce the constant
western winds. and the consequent pro-
!!onged drought which invariably occurs
in spring time in the central part of the
country. The same laws of the temper
AZURE and moisture of the air must also
prevail in Greenland. Here too the
ocean winds must be moist, and this
moisture is usually deposited in the
form OF snow on the mountains along
%the.coast, whereasali those reaching the
interior, whether from east, west, north.
or south, must-if the geographical con-
strlctlon OF the country is not entirely
different from that of others on the
globe-be dry and comparatively warm.
II IN consequence ofthis circumstance,
h sloW-talls i'll the interior of Green
Land cannot be sufficient for m%aintaininp
a perpetual inland ice.
sit cannot, however, be asserted that
the country should here form deserted
treelees tundra; one encounters in Sibe-
ria forests with giant trees under climt-
tic condition far more severe than those
we may assume are to be found In the
interior of Greenland. That the conn
try should prove true to its name has
besides been asserted by the celebrated
botanist Hooker, from his studies of the
flora of Greenland, and even the natives
on the west coast themselves have asus-
picion that such is the case, from the
large herds of reindeer which from time
to time are seen to migrate across the
INLAND ice to the west coast. 1t is most
probable that the interior, if free from
ice. is like a North European high pla-
teau, with Il flora far more copious than
that of the coast. But this | maintain,
that whether the interior of Greenland
is richly covered With forests, as the
land round tundra, or even desert of
perpetual ice, the solution of the prob
lem Of lis real nature is so important.
and of snch consequence 10 science, that
that there could hardly, at the present
moment, be conceived an object more
worthy ofan Arctic expedition than to
ascertain the true condition of the inte-
Nor of this particular country"
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-16
P1TH Of THE NEWS.
EVENTS IN

Although the star route trial is not ended,
the record up to this point is the largest
ever made in criminal trialinthis country.
Printed in small type and octave size, it
comprises over 5000 pages, or about 1885,
600 words. The report of preliminary pro-
ceedings up to the date when the taking of
testimony begun covered 463 pages. The
direct testimony for the prosecution occu-
pies 2.3l8 pages. Merrick delivered the
longest speech of the trial. lasting nine days
and covering 2S3 pages. The record of the
Guiteau trial comprised 200 pages, and
wa regarded as of extraordinary length,
but becomes quite insignificant compared
with this enormous record.
Postmasters commissioned: Io4a, George
F. Schaad, Lakeside; Wisconsin, Margaret
Hart, Gardner: Minnesota, Daniel Peterson
Crow Lake. A new p~ostofice was estah,
lished at Praha, Oak. Postmasters who
desire to leave their posts hereafter for rec
reation or other purposes will have to UNI
dergo considerable personal inconvenience
to accomplish such a result. They will be
granted leave of absence by the postotfice
department, provided their surities are no.
titled and approve the granting of the leave.
Besides, they will be required to leave their
offices in charge of competent and sworn
assistants.
Washington Special: i'll all interview
this morning with Chi Young, secretary of
the Chinese legation at Washington, he
stated that there was no doubt ii France
| should refuse to recognize the sovereign pro-
tectorate of China over its dependency OF
| Anam, hostilities would be ineyitlble-that
| while the cause of the quarrel was strictly
between the Anamese and the French, China
| could not afford to permit anv interference
of France, even il countenanced by the king
of Anam, the vassal of China, aud would i'll
terpose at all hazards.
There is a scheme ON foot to induce con-
| gress to authorize and bear the expense of
the preparation and publication of an Of
fetal history of the United States, covering
the period between 1859 and 1889. The
promoters of this scheme are evidently at
! work to secure the aid and cooperation of
historical societies and kindred orr an
izations with a view to using the influence
thus obtained with senators and represent
tatives next winter.
The Major WATSON prosecution has been
emasculated by the payment ofthe full
amount of the deficit. The major prior to
his arrangement drew a check for the full
| shortage on the First National bank, Gal.
| weston, and the same was tendered to Chief
Paymaster Terrell i'll Satisfaction. The
| check was forwarded to Galveston, and
notification of payment has been received.
The effect of TIE settlement is variously es-
timated, but the friends of the accused hope
for acqIittal.
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-16
me INTERIOR OF Grcenlanu.

Baron Nordenskjold is now fairly on
his way to Greenland, for the explora-
ton OF both coasts and of the interior of
that island continent. His programme
is given at length in Nature for May 10.
Tic following extracts contain his hyp-
othesis as to the interior:
"The geological nature of Greenland,
very similar to that of Scadanavia, seems
to indicate d similar geographical forma-
ton a,viz., formation formed ofmountain-
Gus ridges alternating with deep valleys
and plains; while one may even assume
that the eliminating line of the land in
Greenland runs, as in England and
Sweden and in both American CONT
nents, along the west coast. The winds,
therefore. which should produce snow
in the interior. must, if coming from the
Atlantic, have in the first instance
crossed the broad i~re-nelt generally en-.
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-16
PERSONAL

William r. Chandler IL IN Concord, ow.
ing to the serious illness of his mother. HI
thus answered an i~nterogatory: ~ refer
to a statement | have heretofore made,
which is that l am not, and under no cir
clmstances shall l be, a candidate as sena
tor at that session. Regarding the question
of two elections | am positive in lhe belle
that it will be illegal to choose more Than
one senator at this time"
Gen. Grant could not be induced the
other day, to buy the famously good friec
chicken sold by the negro women at Chan
cellorsville, Va. He gave one of them q
dime, bnt refused the chicken. When told
after the train pulled out that she had been
talking to Gen. Grant, she said: 81 thunk
he q was a great somebody, case he's the
fust man who evaE paid TO- a chicken leg
an didn's eat it."
The wife of /. II. DE Wolfe, principal of
Minnesota academy, of Owatonna, died at
Yarmouth, N. S., Saturday, June 2. Mrs.
DE Wolfe had been removed to Boston for
treatment. but the skilled physicians de-
clded that her case was hopeless, and abe
was removed back to Yarmouth, the home
of her childhood.
Albert c. Ives, late Of the New York
Times, sailed On the City of Rome recently
to take part in the conduct of a new Amer
lean daily paper, the Dispatch, to be estab-
lished in Paris July 81, by L.. s. Chamber
lain, until recently private secretary to
James Gordon Bennett.
Count Telfenor of Italy, son-in-law of
Bonanza Mackay, has just arrived in New
York from Europe. His sole object in
coming to this country is to sign contracts
for the construction OF a railroad from Vic
toria to Brownsville, Texas, a distance of
$50 miles.
Mrs. NancJ Shine Gurlie, a sister of adj
mirable Farrag'l died recently at her
home Oh ~Passcagoula river, Mississippi,
aged eighty-four. The onlysurviving MEM
Der OF her fathers family is Madame Du-
pont, who is four years younger.
Mark l.. Crawford of Chicago, the new
president of the International Topographic
cal union. il an Ohio man, thirty. three
years old. He is an employee of A. N. KEEL
logg, and was a candidate ofthe trades as
sembly to the legislature, but declined.
Anna Grace Lippincott, a daughter of
Grace Greenwood, has been studying Italian
opera sixteen months in Paris, and will soon
make her debut.
Senator Bayard will preside at the CEN
%tennial at Washington headquarters. New
burgh, N. Y, next October.
Judge krum, the missing st. Louis Judge,
has been seen in Utah.
The Dickinson press., 1883-06-16
THE CRIMINAL O.

John Bittner, Jr., fifteen years old, is on
trial at Riverside, Ohio, tor arson being
charged with burning the Debus Cooperage
works in April, 1882, entailing a loss of
800, 900. Two witnesses testified that the
boy told them he set the place on fire; that
he made three attempts before and two
since, that his object was to get a rest. He
was employed i'll the ia tory.
DR.. Vawter, of Cambridge, Ill, the lead
ing dentist of the place, was tied up to a
lamp post and whipped with a black snake
in Holmes Tilson's hands, on suspicion of
having attempted all outrage on Mrs. Til
son. Vawter has witnesses to prove that
he was innocent. Tilson says there are six
other married men in the iowa that deserve
the same thing.
Tom Smart, a negro over thirty years OF
age, was arrested at Milwaukee for elcp;ng
from Fond du Lac with Tillie Schmaelig, Il
white girl sixteen years of age. The girl
will be taken home and Smart will be pros
ecuted. He was employed as COOK at the
American house. Fond du Lac. but was
formerly of the Newhall house, Milwaukee.
Frank Taylor, who was arrested a few
weeks ago for selling blankets from a v
eminent steamer at Waoasha, pleaded gull
ty when arraignea in the United States dis
trict court at Winona This week, II was
fined 500. In default of payment he was
committed TO Jail for thirty days.
Charles Hickling, charged with burning
the house of George Ogsbury of Underwood,
a station on the Black Hills road, has been
held under 81, 900 bail to answer before the
grand jury.
Clarence Boyd, the young artist shot by
his brother-in-law, DR.. Barnes, in Louis
Vile on Wednesday, died Friday. Barnes
was arrested and gave additional bonds of
81, 900,
III. Mathesen, b%ookkeeper for A. Nelson
of Rochester, Mimi, was found to be short
in his account 5000. He has fed to Chica-
go. Collaterals made good the default.
DR.. John Manning, who was divorced in
Brooklyn, and thereby lost $50, 900, COM
mi;ted suicide in Boston recently.
w. G. Moore OF Victor, N. Y, who EN-
bezzled $13U,O0O from a bank there, has BEEN
found Near Atlanta, Iowa.