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The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

Speaking Of the late Leonard b. Hodges
the Rochester, n. y. Democrat and Chroni,
Gle says: Western New York may well be
proud OF the great service Of one OF her sons
in the northwest. His work is one that will
endure to bless the people of that region.
He was a pioneer in 'orest culture, where
forests were greatly needed.
Francis S. Street one of the publishers o:
the New York Weekly, story paper, died
recently in Brooklyn. He made 81 600 OO0
out of his own blood d-and-thunder business,
and was good church member all the
while.
James Park, Jr., one Of the Oldest iron
and steel manufacturers of Pittsburg, and a
strong protectionist, died recently of apo
plexy. His estate is valued al over So, O0O,
000 while his life was insured for 500, 600.
Leave Of absence for six months, on
surgeons certificate of disability, with per-
mission to leave the department OF Dakota
is granted Maj. Eugene NJ. Baker, Se"ond
cavalry.
Alex inder Stephens said in his will: "My
property, think, on fair valuation is
worth $4,000" The servants are all re-
membered and his relatives are his heirs.
Col. Higginson says harvard had more
drunkenness when he was student than at
present, and has always been better in that
than German universities.
VIM. knight, veteran OF the war Of 1912,
died in Lo,'n, Ala, aged l09 years, leaving
265 children and grand children.
Cardinal Luigi Intici Mattel is dead aged
seventy.two years. He was created card.
nal priest in 1875.
The wife OF solicitor General Philips died
recently, of spoplexy, while making her
toilet.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

1t is computed that the forests of Tex
as will supply the whole country with
timber for 100 years.
North Carolina has an acreage of grow
ing timber amounting to about 10 per
cent. Of her territory.
The yellow pine forests OF Florida ex-
tend over three iifths OF the six counties
of Putnam, Marion, sumter, Polk, Her
nando and Hillsborough.
Louisianas timber lands cover l5 ,OO0,-
600 acres. 1t is said that the lumber
business of Maine and Michigan will ~
timatey be transferred to Florida and
Louisiana.
a great pine belt stretches across
Southern Georgia and Alabama TO the
rivers that flow into Mobile Bay. The
pine forests of Georgia alone cover an
area of about ii ,5OO,6 $50 acres.
There are immense tracts Of cotton
woods along the Mississippi and it's
tributaries The cottonwood tree reach
es the height OF seventy feet, and planks
from four TO six feet wide are easily cut
from it. 1t is perfectly free from knots
and pitch.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

Cooper Institute. New York, is fine
and enduring monument to the memory
of the late Peter Cooper. Thousands
now living and yet TO come will always
bear in grateful remembrance the name
Of the benetactor who helped them to
educate themselves and lay the founda-
ton of their success and happiness.
Early in life Mr.. Cooper felt the difficult
ties that young people meet in seeking
education in art and science He de-
termined TO aid those who should come
after him by placing within the reach of
any one in his native city the means of
getting such education as each person
might most need. The building for the
Cooper union was begun in 1855, on its
present site at the junction of Third and
Fourth avenues and Ei.hth street The
first cost amounting To more than $500, =
000-and all the expenses of tie Union,
have been betrayed by Mr.. Cooper.
The plan of the Union is based largely
upon the working of the Polytechnic
school of Paris. There are free schools
for instruction in the aesthetic and in
dustrtal arts and in scientific depart-
ments beyond the teaching given in the
public schools. There are regular
courses of lectures on subjects of art,
science, political and social economy
and literature, and more than twenty
professors and instructors are employed
at an annual expense Of $4,000. This
great expense is met by the endowment
bestowed by Mr.. Cooper and by the
rental of business stores in the building,
which is, of course. equally his Gift,
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

The United States census of 1880
shows that there were 40 ,262 people o
Scandinavian birth in this country in
June Of that year, Of whom lSl ,729 were
from Norway, l9i 1897 from Sweden, and
"a 1916 from Denmark. Generally, the
Scandnavans make excellent American
citizens, conforming to the habits, Gus
toms and institutions Of the country
more readily than most other natonali-
ties. 1t is probable that the number of
Scandnavians in this country has in
creased since 1880 TO at least 800 900, and
"still they come"-a hardy, ind ustri-
GUS and thrifty race.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
Rail and River News.

The old superstructure OF the Chicago,
Milwaukee & St. Paul bridge over the Min
nesota near Ft Smelling has been entirely re-
placed with new tinbers and iron, and the
draw.rest piers have also been rebuilt, so
that the bridge is now as good or better
than ever before.
The estimated railroad mileage of the
world on Jan, /, 1888, was as follows: United
States, IL, 600, Europe, 100 600; Asia, 5000;
South America, 1000; Canada, $500. Aus.
tralia, 3, 900; Africa, 2,200, Mexico, 2, 100;
Grand total; 253,C00
The Manitoba road took 1000 immigrants
out of ST. Paul on the Dist, on their way
northward.
Salmon fishing has began in Nova Scotia
The St. Lawrence is open from Quebec to
the gulf.
The winds on the 2lst and ODD delayed
railroading very seriously in the north
west.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

Whatever may be thought Of Mormor-
ism or Of any of its adherents, will not
invalidate the fact that it has assumed
considerable proportions and is growing
with remarkable rdpdity. 1t is vital in
propogandsm and defiant in strength.
It's missionaries find abundant recruits
in Europe and proselytes are numerous
in the United States. The leaders are
frequently men of education and re-
markable skill in affairs, and the devo-
tion Of the members Of the church re.
sists all the influence Of knowledge, the
enlightment of the age, and the force of
public opinion. The history of the Nor
mon church is perhaps, all things con-
sidered, the most remarkable event OF
the age and is a perpetual puzzle to all
reasonable understanding. What the
outcome will be no one can tell, but one
thing is certain, it can never be crushed
by anything that savors of persecution.
That thing has been tried.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

Much to the surpris Sc of the people
who year ago doubted whether an ex-
hibition of railway appliance could be
made very successful, the National Rail
way Exposition to be held in the hear
of Chicago from Nav ~ to June % is ex-
citing the keenest interest, and although
the Interstate Exposition buildings are
the largest of their kind in the country
t has been necessary to erect an annex
TO provide space for all the exhibits.
The collection Of the most primitive
railway appliances is a special feature Of
the enterprise, and it will be both in
structive and amusing to compare the
railway facilities of the past with those
OF the present. The first locomotive
ever built, George Stephenson's Rock
ct" will, of course, he the center of at
traction during the exposition.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
Crimes and Criminals.

thirty miles west Of Mitchell, OAK, and
who has held a pre-emption over thirty
hree months, the time the Ia " allows each
pre-emptor, shot man foi tling contest
on the same. The settler was lowing when
the contestant came upon the land to post
the contest notice. He advised him not "a
post il or he would shoot him. The contest.
ant paid no heed to the warning, hut wen,
ahead and stuck up the notice, whereupo,
Welsh pulled a revolver and sho, him dead.
James Williams, of the firm of William.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
The Casualty and Fire Record.

A fire at Huntington, w. Va. recently de.
stroyed $40, 600 worth property, render
ing homeless Il teen or twenty families and
leaving but four buildings in a block 420 feet
square, The insurance is about one e.half
man named Ray was seriously injured by
the fall of building.
A pile-driving car. while at work on a
br dye crossing a creek eighteen miles from
Helena, Ark, on the Iron Mountain rail-
way, recently. tell through the bridge car
rying with it fourteen men. Four men
were badly injured, one ofthem, the engi-
neer, Fitzgerald, it is feared, fatally.
A fire on the ~ / burned five barns, two
dwellings,, at did some damage to adjoining
buildings at East Saginaw. Mich. The
principal losers are +. Hobart, 7. Heller
q. w. Hill and c. Gonsmith. Loss, 40, 600
Frank Heyland, an engineer on the Bur
lington, Cedar Rapids Il Northern railway
was killed at Cedar Rapids on the 20 inst
by being run over by the train.
A number of prairie fires are reported
throughout Manitoba. Considerable dam
age to r0ilway property has been done.
A paper mill at Catowissa, Pa, owne,
and operated by McCready & Co , of Phila
delphia was burned; Loss, $4,000.
House & Davidsons planning mill IL
Cleveland las been burned. Loss $4,000
Insured.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
NEWS CONDENSED.
Gossip from Washington.


Pension Commissioner Dudley has issued
a circular requesting special examiners to
give public notice that they are authorized
to collect money for tees or expenses from
pensioners or applicants for pensioner; also
that all special examiners are provided with
certificates signed by the commissioners of
pensions and secretary of the interior, and
hearing the seal of the interior department.
Without such certificates, all persons claim
ing to be pensions examiners are frauds.
This circular has been brought out by COM
paints reaching the pension office Of swim
dies perpetrsted by persons having no
authority to act for the pension office. The
commissioners asks that some responsible
person report TO his office all suspedted
cases ofthe above nature, with description
OF the alleged examiner.
Postofiice established, Butterfield, Mimi;
offices discontinued, New Prairie, Mimi.
mail to Cyrus. Quincy, WIS; mail to
Brothertown. Postmasters commissioned
Thomas f. Edwards. Lead City OAK; AL
fred ID. Eldridge, Clear Lake, Iowa; Viii
liam w. River, Greene, Iowa; William. w.
Worth, Indianola, Iowa; Mrs. Sarah Case,
Soldier Valley Iowa; James Connor, Lon
don, Mimi; Benjamin F. Dawson, Homer,
Wis; John Remple, Buttertield, MINI.
The commissioner o. internal revenue has
decided to redeem stamps, and return 10
owners with the word redeemed" imprint
ed upon each check. All check and drafts
bearing two.cent internal re, enue stamps
which remain unused on July can be used
in the regular course Of business
Second Controller Upton has rendered a
decision on the question Of longevity pay
allowances in the army, which is in effect
that these allowances are - be computed
from the date Of acceptance of appointments
and not from the date OF appointments.
After July the general land Office will
print its decisions every sixty or ninety days.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
y Had Man i'm Hayes Town

George J. Krebs. postmaster at fremont,
o., is deficient in his accounts to the amount
Of $4,000. Steps have been taken to re-.
move him. Difficulties in settlement led
TO an investigation by the government in
spector with the above result. The depart
nent at Washington will not say yet
whether criminal proceedings will be insti-
taI
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
Personal Mention.

Rev. David Il. Breed, of the house o.
Hope, st. Paul, was found Thursday by the
jantor lying in the sisle Of one Of the tran.
he had sustained in fall from ladder
He had been adjusting electrical apparatu:
Tor lighting to re fector in the roof and il
is believed ne tell the whoie distance rom
the top Of the ladder-about twenty-four
ieet. Mr.. Breed was unconscious, and il
was supposed that bis il juries were of very
serious nature, as his limbs and sides were
badly confused. In the evening Drs. Hand,
Lee and Metcaltma an examination of his
injuries and found as the result, however
that no bones had been broken. They
were also of the opinion that he had re-
ceived no internal injuries.
Lieut.. Robert T. Ames, Eight infantry
ment of recruits TO San Francisco. Second
Lieut.. John II. Beacon, at his own request
has cen transferred from the Eighteenth to
the Third infantry, and will join his com.
pany at Fort Howe, Montana. The super.
intendent OF the general recruiting servic.
has been directed to forward l75 recr its 10
Fort Smelling for assignment, as follows
Seventy-ive to the fifth infantry, fifty IL
the Eighteenth and one hundred for assign.
ment, fifty to the Fifteenth infantry, and
fifty 10 the Twelfth infantry.
The fumes are still rising from the
Sprague enforcement. The governor ex.
plains how he lied to the Virginia parson
who spliced him and his picked.up wife by
saying that he never Withdrew the uncom
Portable charges he made against Kate
Chase, and they were not expunged from
the record. The records impeach this state,
ment.
Maj. Ben Perley Poore, who has been in
Washington longer than any Other
living correspondent has left the
Boston Journal. for which paper he ha,
written for more than forty years He ha.
accepted an editorial position on the Sun
day Budget, thriving weekly paper in
Boston.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

The real estate boom in st. Paul and
Minneapolis beats all other previous nc
tivitie, in that line, as well it may, for
the basis is far better than ever before
known in the history of those cities.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28
Mistakes in Newspapers.

Inc IOuVukeepSle Edgte LII III artlCio
on GLOW Mistakes Happen in Newspa-
pers," figures the number of type used
in newspaper the size Of the Eagle at
600, 900; that is the actual number of
bits of metal arranged for each newspa-
per in preparing y newspaper of that
size for the press. We suppose few peo.
pie think of the printing trade as one Of
the most exact and particular handicrafts;
but it is. In making type, variations
that might be allowed in the finest ma
chinery would render typo useless. Il
is very rarely that type furnished bv two
separate found lries can be used togeth-
er without great deal Of trouble, even
though they should try to make il after
the standard. We read once in q while
Of wonderful piece Of cabinet or mosa-
ic work containing 10, 20, or $1,000
pieces, the maker Of which has spent
months or even years of labor in pro-
ducing 1t; and the people go to see IL rs
q curiosity. But the most elaborate and
carefully fitted piece OF work ofthis kind
ever made does not compare for minute
ness of detail and accuracy Of fitting,
with that which the printer does everv
day The man who does the first IL
looked upon as marvel OF skill. and IL
a hundred Of his pieces are put in wrong
side up or tnrred around, it is not no
tjced in the general effect; but ifa printer,
In fitting ten times as many pieces to-
pether in q single day, puts one the
wrong way, everybody sees il and In
amazed at the Stupid carelessness o(
those printers"
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

General Jo. Shelby having been men,
toned as democratic candidate for gov
ernor of Missouri, declines in favor OF
John :. Marmaduke, another ex-confel.
crate general.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

William OFT OF st. Paul. while on a spree
blew ont his trsin with gun.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-04-28

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The Press., 1883-07-12

Hartford Post: The Stonington Mirror is very desirious that Rev. Prosecuting Agent Hugh Montgomery, city missionary of Norwich, shall thereafter devote his whole attention to missionary work and let some of the more worldly officers of the law do the prosecuting on liquor cases. D Let not The Mirror lay the fattering unc- tion to it's soul that Rev. Hugh will So. de- vote himself if he can wossibly retain his position as prosecuting attorney for New London county in liquor cases. He takes as much pleasure in throttling the ''enemy of intemperance" as he does in converting soul, and he is indifferent to the censure of anyone. Given dozen men of Mont gomery's trip hammer energy, and the i- quor business of Connecticut would be obliged to fight behind battlements.
The Press., 1883-07-12

THROUGH the criminal carelessness of a telegraph operator at Plainville passen- ger and freight train collided near that place on the N. Y X N. E. road on Mon day, killing the engineer of the passenger train, also boy who was riding in the baggage car, and injuring several others, the express messenger dangerously. The operator had received dispatch for the passenger conductor, ordering him to await the arrival of the freight train at Plain vile, but neglected to give it to him. The operator has run away.
The Press., 1883-07-12

The Willimantic Linen Go. posted notices in their mills some months ago that after July they would not employ any person who could not both read {, and write. Con- sequently many hands have left A free evening school was run five evenings a week through the winter, so that there should be no excuse for continued ignor- ance. In carrying out the order excep- tions will be made in cases where hands have been employed long time and are seemingly too old to learn. The free draw ing school by the same company, held the past winter and spring in charge of Charles Loomis of Hartford, closed last week, and three prizes were awarded: For best work, Miss Corey for best work and pro- gress, MT. Donahue; for most progress, Mrs. Larkin. All are employees of the c0mnanv
The Press., 1883-07-12

The new Chicago directory is out and there is fresh bragging all along the line: population anywhere from $50, ,OOo to $50, ,o0O, according to the individual operator, and so on through. There are 277 churches and 570 lodges of se- cret societies, but of the latter great propor- tion are mutual insurance companies in dis g1ise. Of the churches German is spoken in Bohemian in 3. Welch in 2, and French, Italian and Dutch in one each
The Press., 1883-07-12

POSTMASTER GENERAL GRESHAM has ruled that the Louisiana lottery company cannot use the mails for the prosecution of their business. Lotteries are outlawed in all the states, excepting one or two, and the mails are not to be made vehicle for the viola tion of laws so nearly universally adopted. Good for Gresham Now let the states enforce their anti-lottery laws. Punish the newspapers that advertise them, and stop their use for religious or benevolent purposes. Nothing feeds the love of gambling like ''gift enterprises" and lot teries. ..
The Press., 1883-07-12

BURGLARIEs are being committed almost tightly in some small village in New Eng land. They appear to be the work of third or fourth rate operatives from the cities. Occasionally one gets hurt The watchman at theFranklin furnace, near Mid dletown, N. r., shot one dead early Sun day morning, whom he found robbing the company's store. Such rash acts on the part of watchmen are very discouraging to burplars
The Press., 1883-07-12
M RPPieda

In Rockville, June 29th, by Rev. c. A. Graepp, Gustav Tennstedt and Anna Burk- hardt; July 2d, by Rev. H. R. Whitlock, August Rabenstein and Antonio B. Weber.
 In Staffordville, 7th, by Rev. H. M. Vaill, Avery A. Benson of Brimfeld, Mass, and Sarah Haradon of Stafordville.
 In Rockville, 10th, by Rev. s. B. Forbes, Amaziah Brainerd of Hartford and Alice l.. Culverhouse of Rockville. .,-.
 In Warrenville, 4th, by Rev. c. N. Nichols, Edwin K Whitehouse of Ashford and Nellie E. Conant of Mansfield. ..... -,#.,..
 In Willimantic, 5th, by Rev. Geo. W. Hol. man, at the residence of the brides father, William H. P. Sweet and Nettie V., youngest daughter of Chester Tilden, Esq. -..
The Press., 1883-07-12

The Hartford Daily Times says: ''Mr. Woods, sculptor, of this city, has put in plaster statue of Nathan Hale, the mar tyr spy. He is represented as he was about to step on the gallows with his arms pinioned, his head and neck bare, no coat nor vest, the broad shirt collar thrown back, the face representing the youthful appearance of Hale, pleasant, fine look ing mar, who, as he is about to be executed, periodically declares that he only regrets that he has but one life to give for his country. s.' 5' l.
The Press., 1883-07-12

Is it murder" if a man pursuing a burglar sees the fugitive leap into stream and refuses to go to his rescue when he sees him drowning? The grand jury at Janesville, Ohio, indicts and causes the ar rest of citizen for murder in the first degree" for that very offence. The ac- cused person, MT. J. W. Blizzard, of Fra zersburg. was chasing burglar who jump Blizzard and others stood on the bank and neglected to aid him. It was said that Blizzard shot the burglar. However that may be, he was selected, out of the others, as the case to be presented to the grand jury. The indictment is the first of the disapproval.
The Press., 1883-07-12
FOR SALE,
ALL FOR NOTHING.

Why the Doctor was DfsgnSted, am d
 what Might have been Done with out
 Him.
 'sWell, wife," said Dr. E. as he entered his house York, sI have got back from long and dreary ride away down among the mountains, and all to no pur- pose whatever. The messenger said the man wouldn't
 live till morning, when the fact is he had only orn ary attack of collie. If the slmpletons had only had sense enough to put BENSON'S CAPCINE POROUS PLASTER on his stomach he would have been all right in an hour or two. But some folks slow to learn added the old physician, swallowing the cup of steam ing tea which his wife had just poured for him.
 Doctor E. was right, yet people do learn, even though slowly The rapidly increasing use of Ben sons plaster proves this beyond question and the good doctors certain to be saved much of their needless to In all diseases capable of being affected by plas- ter Bensons acts efficiently and at once. The genuine cents. 'Seabury S Johnson, Chemists, New York :
The Press., 1883-07-12

In tent at Savin Rock, Frank J. Filling is exhibiting an immense snake which he has contracted to deliver at the Philadel- phia geological gardens next September for 5000. He supposed the snake to be male, but Tuesday morning he discover ed that during the night it had laid half a bushel of eggs as big as goose eggs, with out shells and as elastic as rubber. He will bury some of the eggs in the sand and try to hatch them in that way, but the majority he will leave with the python, taking only few to make the experiment. al omelette,
The Press., 1883-07-12

United States Senator Platt was recent ly offered a large retaining fee-the largest, he says, offered him in his life-to, take hold of the forthcoming Parallel road lit igation. He declined, saying that as long as he was United States senator that office would furnish him with all his business.
The Press., 1883-07-12

CONNECTICUT editors are not to be out done in enterprise by the duelling breth- ren in Virginia, the lie having passed be- tween the editors of the Hartford Times and ~idea quill dri ger. One tcok a baptismal ceremony for his basis, the oth- a frog-fish yarn
The Press., 1883-07-12

Girls with consumptive lovers should per init kissing on their back hair only. young man at Reading, Pa., has courted in success sion two sisters who died of consumption be- fore the wedding-day came, although the dis ease was before unknown in their family. Now the young man, whose relatives are con- sumptive, is near death with the disease, and doctors say that the girls lost their. lives by inhalinp his breath