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The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-25
PERSONAL NEWS NOTES.

Capt. r. Stout died on the lGth inst, a,
Marshall, MINI, from The effects Ola wound
received al the battle OF Mill Springs, Ky,
where he commanded Company of Second
| Minnesota volunteer Infantry ball from
| the revolver OF Col Bailey Peyton, in that
| close range fight passed between iwo of the
| lower ribs ofCapt. Stont aud lodged in his
back near the spine, and though he rs-
| covered sufficiently Ia enable han 10 en'
| gage in business To n limited eKteut, he snf
| fered from weakness and 'rtqaent ncmOr-
! rtsge until at length he suCcnmbed 10 the
| The injury Deceased was forty five years
| of age, and leaves y wife and one child
/ The remains were brought TO Lake City on
| the l7th, for iHtermtnt. Capt. stout WAS Il
| son Of the late judge r.. Sto1t Of Lake city,
and TWO brothers of the deceased, George q.
and James c., are now residing there.
Prot. s. J. wilson one OF the ripest
| scholars in the United Presbyterian church
| and professor Of sacred and ecclesiastical
| history in the Theological seminary III al.
| legheny City, dieG recently at his resi.rnc.
| in Sewickley, II few miles from Pittsbnrg.
The wedding OF NJ. h, +. Homer Of Gem
| tra City, Col. and Miss Cora DJud daughter
| Of Mr. c. Doud of Winoua, took place the
18th inst at The residence Of the bride :
| parents The bride Was the recipient oi
| many elegant presents
Mesdalnes Minnie Haut and DGrand and
Mdle Alice Urban the celebrated Ameri.
can prima douna now in England, are ere.
ole girls from New Orleans and had their
musical start d, the French cathedral there.
A. NJ. II rrrington, who was disiric. aitor.
ney OF Chicago urdpr President Buchanan,
and of late years has been d solicitor for the
Chicago Il Northwestern railway company,
died on the lIth inst, il Geneva. Ill.
Emory StorIs gss 10th 10 leave Saratoga
10 areue the Chicago lard cases. and says ne
will charge n Sl0,OD tee where S2, 800
would have been enough bui for the dsap-
polntmest.
There il much excitement IN Ynnkers n
s., over the sudden disappearance OF Micha'l
Carey, who il Iumurei to have gone TO Ire
land as the bearer of important messages.
Alta banquet IN Paris, ~ which 200
people were present, speeches were msde IN
lhvor OF Prince Victor sou 81 Prince Jerome
Napoleon, n cniei ia the Bonaparllsts.
George &. Milne The ex.diyine, hss re.
turned from his six months study IN En-
rope, ard will be-in his Shakespesrean sea
sou in New York IN September.
The snuff box presented by tbA ear TO
Admiral Baldwin j. valued ~ $40, ,00 con-
tanning portrait suTmOnnL,d with dIa
mOnds.
A son of President Seeiyo at Amherst
college has been appointed protc sof ui
Greek in Iowa college.
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The Minnesota state Fair.

General George B. Loring United States
commissioner of agric ilture has been en-
gagged TO deliver the annual address st the
Minnesota State Fair at Owatonna Sept. 9th
The 25,h Annual Fair OF the Minnesots
State Agricultural Society will he held al
the City of OwatOnna, commencing Sept
| Sd and holding the entire week. The nex
buildings on the grounds are nearly com.
ple,ed and are second to none In the state
All will be IN readiness when the lair opens.
The 400 stalls for horses and cattle and
the pens for sheep have already been taken
ent. The society are going 10 put up 100
more to scconmo odate the display which
promises 10 he the largest and finest eyeI
brought together. The exhibitors come
from Illinois, low, Wisconsin, and Mime.
sofa aud are among the most pr niDeDi
importers aud breeters IN The Uuited
Sts,es. All the different breeds Of horses
cattle and swine will be upon exhibition
a.rence, Straight & Co., the famous cream.
cry men OF our state will put up snd operate
first class creamery on the grounds
during the Fair. making from 80 to 3O0
pounds Of butter daily, thus giving the farm
ers OF This state an opportunity TO see how
creamery butter IL made.
The machinery and other exhibits will be
upon scale commensurate with our greal
state. IN fact the coming State Fair prom
ises 10 be the largest and best ever held by
the Society, and places il in ths front rank
| OF ne great fairs Of our country.
Reduced rates can he from all points tC
| thu Fair, and extra and excursion traini
| will he run OH the different railroad to thu
Fair. and all stock and articles tor exhibition
carried tree. Owatonna is making prep
srstions To take care OF all who come.
Walter r. Daniels OF Salesville, Gallatil
county. died of heart disease, s,
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mastery effort. AT the close of the ser
mon the remaining $3, ZOO needed was con
tribnted. and the bishop proceeded to ded-
cate the church, free from AL Indebtedness.
as are all Methodist churches in the city.
The new Legislature Of Kentucky con.
tains five republicans and thiriy.three
democrats in senate, and eleven republicans
two independents and eghtysiz democrats
in the house, and one district 10 be decided
on account of u tie vote.
ThoiDss q. Hunt, the New York merchant
who disappeared mysteriously in June last,
turned up III EizabethtowD, Essex county,
\. Y. he has not been To Europe. H.
SAYS he does not know where he has been.
George Moelle's daughter found $66 in
gold coin at Lancaster, VS., while driving
the cattle to pasture. The latest date on
them is ls43.
The Evening News OF Minneapolis, has
suspended
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-25
A Dakota IpaiaD scare,

lively Indian scare, which al one time
SCENE kelly 10 develop into a genuine panic,
rss experienced during the latter part Of July
~ t!.o so.;.oTs iH tie s'o.a,ty 81 msitaud p>.i-
office, Douglas connty Dak 1t appears that
scattering bands of Indians from the ianktou
reservation were ia the neighhoThood gather
ing wild lurnp-, aud II was reported that one
of their chief men had notified The settlers tha,
they wore treslassIng on the Indian lands, and
must leave their homes by the next moon OF
they woul be removed 10y force. The citizens
became greatly excited over these reports, and
the matter was brought 60 the notice OF the mil
itarv authorities, which resu.ted in Gen.
1crfy's sending an officer from
Fort Randall 20 inve-tivate. After
careful inquiry, the officer, Lieut. Pavne OF
the Fifteenth infantry, ascertaiLcd that Big
Fat -Mandsn, an Indian. had tried 10 convince
one of the settlers that certain claims were
very near the line of The Ysrktou reservation,
but his words were misunderstood and his
slgns or gestures translated into threats; the
details rumor supplied. meeting Of the cit
liens was called by Lient Payne on the 1ti
inst at Maitland which was also attended b,
Mr. Redpath, tho agent III charge a Ysnktou
| A satisfactory explanation was made OF th'
whole affair, aud the settlers returned home
ward convinced that they may sleep IN peace
| aud that Big-Fat Mandan is not the lean aD'
! hungry conspirator that fancy painted him.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-25
TERRITORIAL NEWS.


Washington specisl.
Another matter of great interest here
is the admission of Dakota ~ Il member
of the tnion--the thirty.ninth state.
The proposition viii be opposed by the
democratic house Of representatives I'M
less territory democratic in politics Is
admitted at the same time. Democrats
do not relish the idea of two additional
republican members ofthe senate which
that body would have on the recogni-
ton Of Dakota They would admit that,
with its abominable poly gamy, two dem
ocratic plural wived senators and three
democratic votes in the electoral college
rather than Dakota should came in
alone, either as alone or divided with
reference 10 an additional state now or
in the future. They say great mistake
was made in 1876 in the admission of
Colorado: that without the three electOr-
al votes of that state il would have been
impossible for the republicans 10 have
elected their ticket that year, ana the
contest NAV be Just az close in 1884 as it
was then. At any rate they do not want
10 give the republicans any advantages.
No matter what the wants OF Dakota
may be, and whether the interests Of its
people would be best promoted by
changing their political condition from
that Of territory to state, they must
be punished for icing republicans unless
some territorial community of democrats
can be found who are anxious to assume
the duties and responsibilities Of state
hood The interests OF the party must
be cared for in preference To the wei
fare of the people They will look TO
the party first and the country after
ward The question is likely to produce
more discussion during the approaching
session than the tariff will, for the dem
ocrats will handle the tariff question
very giDecrIy They cannot take any
definite action on that without losing
votes, and votes are precious, IN their
estimation, nj this time.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-25
THE NEWS IN BRIEF
GOSSIP FROM WAsHyyCy0 v

"
The immense job Of printing the pension
list will be completed in about month.
The list embraces the name. bostofiice nj.
dress and county Of every pensioner in the
country, with the amount allowed month.
ly to each. There will be- several volumes
OF rom 600 10 500 pages each, or All sggre-
gate OF about 5000 pages There is II fever.
Isu anxiety IN some quarters Ia get hold of
these list of names, several prominent news.
papers Offering big money for advance
sheets OF the pensioners of Tleir respective
states as news II is believed tha, the pub.
llcation OF the pension list will do more TO
detect ireud and weed out undesefy ed pen
s,oners and dead.be than any other step
which has been taken since the war in pen.
sion legislation. A prominent official OF
the interior department thinks IL will have
the effect TO save the government II ,O0U, 900
the first year.
The following postal changes have taken
place POstmasters Comnissioned--W
consln, John e. Diei2 Wagon Landing
Iowa, Taumsn A. Bntertied, Fine. Post
offices Established Dskots, Sweetland,
Hand county, Yorktown, Dickey county
Indiana, Radner, Carroll county: Iowa,
Chrsholm Monroe county, Woods, Wood
Dakota, Morrill,, Edmunds county Iowa,
Oshkosh, Sioux comfy. Postot'ice Name
Changed--lowa, lnRart Grove Rngpold
county, To lngsr,
When Gen. Stone sealed the contract for
building the foundation ofthe Bartholdi
monument, Oh the 18th inst, he did it in
Arabic fashion. Hopk inson Smith was the
successful bidder, and he gets over $50, coo
for the work. Gen Stones official seal as
pacha was highly moistened with ink, so
as to fill the inc,se,i Arabic characters only,
leaving the surface clear. Then a small
spot OF paper near bis signature Sas moist
ened. and the seal was pressed upon il.
leaving al imprint o' his title and name in
Arabic.
The following pOstmasters have been
commissioned; Mrs. NJ. Mueller, Victory,
Wis: Z. A.Rope, Caledonia, Mimi limo.
thy +. Canty Canty, OAK; John Crow, Ro-
hey, Oak. Postotiices Discontinued Min
nesota; Lake Amelia, Pope county Middle
Vile Wright county
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On the morning Of the 18th, the building
occupied by Jerry Congdon n saloon, in
Dulu,h. was burned with its contents, aud
other buildings near by were considerably
damsged Loss unknown; insurance, $3.50
III goods.
William Mccullough, ot Rice Lake,
Mimi, was drowned i'll Devils lake on the
nth inst. He was hunting duckS, and at
tenn pied TO swim after game, took cramps
and sank before help could reach him.
The order consolidating internal revenue
districts so lar rs il affects the following
named districts, went into effect the Goth
inst Second and Fourth Iowa and Nevada
and Montana.
r. Mc"ready & Co.'S ooot and shoe man
utactory, Montreal, burned the l9,h. Loss
est mated st $9O.OO0 to 100000. Insured
in English and Canadian companies for
$4,000.
Lexington, XIV, had t5", 0CO lire on ,hs
18th inst
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Louisville as n Ga ,ulliprS' Center.

\ Louisville (ky Correspondent oil
the Philadelphia Times writes: Gam.
bling is plainly the most mpoI,ant.bns.
mess in Louisville. ltpives character
to five or six of the choicest squares IN
the commercial part Of the tO"n, and
exceeds any other branch oi trade in
volume of transactions. The pooling
rooms, which are all OF the square ON
Third street, between Main and Market,
handle not less than tG,WO.UO year.
The faro banks, wiich occupy large
portion of the houscs'of two squares on
Fifth street, two squares at Jefferson
street and one square Of Green street,
do business ut about '3,W0WW. The
winnings and losings @, the numerous
poker rooms amount to $3.50 .0OO, at u
moderate estimate, u keno banks alb
sorb about 81, 5000 i'm the course of
each year, mainly the wages of laborlng
men; and the lottery offices, d:
which there are over hundred
scattered like drug stores al, over town,
receive and keep SJU,0OO at least, half
of which comes from the negroes.
These estimates make total of Si2 800,
600. The proprietary gamblers are all
money.spendinp politicians, and some
Of them are office holders. Two Of the
latter-Dick Watts, Alderman and Ed
Hughes, Chief Of the FIRE department.
are regarded as the princes of Louisville
gambling, but back Of them and con
trolling them Is quiet little man. the
master gambler OF all. The story OF
Anderson NJ Waddel. Dick Watts and
Ed Hughes would he story Of gambling
here complete, but their ways here nave
been so mysterious that not great deal
can be told about them. More is known
about the men than the methods by
which they have attained their present
phenomenal power. They and TIER
associates have bought outright and
openly use for gambling purposes, more
than a square OF improved real-estate
they do an annual business of not less
han Sl0,OOO,O00. They are so strong
and popular witl the community in
general tina. not voice has been raised
against them"
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manufacturers from employing Christian
wOrkmeil.
The English pOstoillce savings bank con.
tinues 10 be \ most successful institution.
| A quarter of million additional depOsitor~
opened accounts in the bank during The
year 1882 The total number nj the end OF
the year was thus nearly 3,OODO, the
amount oi their deposits beng over t39,-
UOO, 0OO-an increase OF nearly - OVO.UUj
during the year, the largest annual increase
yet received.
The Italian envoy at Tangier, Morocco,
has lowered q e flag on his co suiate, and
the inhabitants are, in consequence, in II
state of great panic. This hostile act on
the Part of the envoy is on account Of the
sultan Of Morocco not having yet yielded
| to the nltmatnm Of Italy insisting upon
| the full payment of claims of Italian sub
iects. There is MI Italian squadron in the
harbor IN readiness 10 support the demands
ofthe consul.
Gen. Won TreckloS, commander of the
troops Of Schlesvig HOlstein, receiving a
depu'aiion III Berlin recently said military
reasons rendered il necessary TO withdraw
troops from small fOrtressps 10 strengthen
| thought il probable that Il more stringent
anii-socialist law wonld shortly be- intro
d,iced.
Negotiations between Italy and Morocco,
relative TO the payment Of claims Of lta' ian
| subjects IN Morocco AR proceeding at Tan
pier. II IL expected that the snltan Of Mo
| rocco will comply with the demands ol
Italy.
Mr. frelinghuyseu, .Secretary Of state,
and Mr.. Brewster, attOr ley general, have
officially announced the death OF Judge
Black and directed that suitable honors be
paid 10 his memory,
Sir Charles Taper proposes 10 establish
n direct line Of steamers from Germany To
Cana Ia, in hopes OF divertlng the tide ol
reutonic emigration 10 the shores OF the
Dominion.
The London Times warns the Irish mem.
berq to draw il mild
The Emperor William contributed So 00o
marks 10 the fund for the lschis sufferers.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-25
The Territorial Tax.

The board Of qualization completed
its work Of equalizing taxes recently,
and the result is far more satisfactory
than had been anticipated by the most
sanguinc believers in the promising con
dition of Dakota and her financial safety
Notwithstanding the fact that appropri-
ations were made for the construction OF
large public buildings throughout the
territory during the last session Of the
legislature, the geneaai tax levy IL one-
fifth of mill iess this year than il was
last This IL accounted for bv the vast
and rapid increase OF settlement and
the consequent increase of taxable
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-25
\ Moline JiO,itire

DAVENPORT, lows, SPECIAL Telegram, Aug
ls-Ihe large inmner m,l ~ j J. krat 4
90 Moline III, caught hre little before !
u'o,ock this evening aud was completely de
s,r0yed, together with all the stored lumber
of the company. Tho fre IL supposed 10 have
s'arted from the spontaneous combu.tion oi
greasy rag, IN tho boiler room A Sh, wind
blew the flames directly into the lumber
yard aud they swept its entire length of three
blocks crossing two streets and burning over
fifteen acres Almost every foot wa. occupied
by large piles ot lumber. The yard OF Di-
mo,k 4 Goul, next adjoining, had . close cali
dynamite being prepared O. blow up the pile'
II necessary, but the progress OF the flames
was stopped Between 5000, 900 ana 10,
, 600, 600 feet of lumber, valued at $3.50, 600
and the mill valued al between $4,000 ant
| $50, 900, were entirely consumed The tOta
| loss. including tools, is about $500, 600 The
| total Insurance. upon this ID about 800, 600
| dividei among twenty-five companies ia tho
| East and abroad, aud q few local mutual com
! psnies II is doubtful II the firm will re
build
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territory as returned with the excep.
ton Of Il few counties which have no,
yet reported, IL about $50, 600 ,0O0. The
assessment made is $40 mills for gener-
al purposes, and $40 mills for the pay
ment Of interest on the outstanding
bonds. Last year the tax for general
purposes was 3 - mills, and 2-lO of n
mill for interest on securities. This will
show II decrease Of l.l0 or one fifth Of "a
mill in the levy, with the smaii public
debt of 1894 ,0on, and at the end of the
year, the territory will have ten magnif-
icent pubic bindings, 49, Bismarck Fri
bupa
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GENERAL WEBS IN BRIEF

Gen. Augur, III command Of the depart
ment of Texas, has struck u blow AT the
practice of post traders cashiHg the pay sc-
counts of army officers. In gen eral order
he prohibits the traders of that department
from cashing, receiving In payment or in
anv way handling or negotiating pay ac
counts that are not due At the date OF the
transactions. Violations Of the order will
subject offenders tc annulment III appoint
ment Paymsstets, too. are required To be
more particular in future, and must repor,
every case. where il is evident that officers
accounts were transferred in violation Of
the regulations.
The new Metho list churcn on Thirteenth
avenue south and seventh street, Mnneapo-
lis wnich has heen in course Ct construction
iuriE the pi>t vssr ~ss 'ormaily dedicated
The i9tb Bishop FoSs preached the dedicate
~ sermon, taking Tor his text Psalm l31,
| fifth and sixth verses, The sermon was q
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-08-25
ABOUND / AkIMOEE


Tie Capitol conmls s,ioners net recently ant
Opeued The bids for the Construct on OF the Terri
Iorial capital The following bids were received
Charles " Thompson ~ h,narcl. on maiu
building, SS7tOo. r.. = Logan, Chicago. 500,
600: {. ) Weaver, Bismarck, 400; Agnow
& Coz, Chicago, building, with wings. S221, 300
man building fl02.2lO; Thomas John gon, whole
building, Ss46,2 man building, rl2J, ,Ioi
lleuuessey Bros, Chicago, whole bulid,u, S23l,
l13: main building, %l@3.45O.
Mr. 1hompson's bid Tor the construction uf the
main building was accepted aud work will be begun
al once, 50 tho bniding can 10 ready for the
present winter, The electric light viii be used
during the construction ~ the building aud 800
men viii he employed night and day.
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Irish Demonstration In Chicago.

CHICAGO. Aug. lathe secret Irish rational
organization Of Chicago. but mostly those OF the
Clan Ma Gael. held their seventh annual demon.
stration At Oeden's srove to-day. Ito raiss
funds 70. .enrry on the agitation in Ire
laui Fully 10000 people paid admit
tance fee to The gscund; 6peeehss were made
now, eI. Secretary Of tho Nasionsl Land league:
Hon. v. Canon and Col r Besrks OF Nsumeyic.
Fineriy's assertion thAs I'VE vsdt Il diaiinctly
understood that ss os & Chie.so are proud
OF the man Who sinsd the informef
declared the people OF Ireland do not want TO inter-
seIe with Cardinal Manning o. the peps a. Rome n
u tended to keep ireland Ia ehAins. The deolara-
tion Of principles - eat fosth by ths sssenhlaas
declared allceiancs to Tho American republic. but
a.. a. is:h A|sris.us shsR sonid never yield the
Gts,,,sds va. wac sapsssssd 10 PAssslls saA his col
Four 81. Paul operstofS have hesn sent Ia
Texas 10 hslp the WsGteru Union Out thWe.