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thief and closed with him, AMI, after des-
perate struggle, wrcnched the wallet from
him. The robber then broke away, and
after lively run, escaped i'll the crowd and
has not yet been captured.
In Minneapolis recently at Dunning,on s
saloon, "A st. Louis sporting man John Nor
gan was mortally wounded by Jasper John
son of the same kidney in return for a
blow in The face. The physicians reported
that the wounds are from a 37-caliber re-
volver ball and consist of a shot through
the calf OF the leg, one through the thigh
and one in the lower part Of the abdomen.
2 Sunday morning at Newhope church,
Russelville, Ark, just before services began,
Jonn Herring accused j. Hsrrill with circu-
ting Injurious reports about him. Harrill
denied il, but Herring sprang at him and
stabbed him three times. 1t is believed he
will die The bystanders attempted to ar
rest Herring, who tlourished the bloody
knife, defied arrest and fed.
Sam Cook, colored, of Potosi, Mo, shot
and fatally wounded Emma Share, a
young woman who had refused to receive
his attentions on account of his inteiaper-
ate habits. Cook then attempted suicide,
out only inflicted flesh wound in the
head with his revolver. He then escaped.
1t liz believed that the colored citizens will
lynch him if brought in.
Alexander Perry, fifty years old, Of Otsego
Lake Mich, attempted to enter the house
of Amos Bidwel while the Young wife OF
the latter was alone. He had visited the
house earlier in the day, but had left after
making improper overtures to her. When
he was observed approaching the second
time he was warned by Mrs. Bidwell not 10
enter, and failing to regard it she shot and
killed him with a Winchester rifle.
James Hitter, n gambler Of Sioux City,
shot aud probably fatally wounded Minnie
Wells prostitute in house Of ill-fame.
He then shot himself, but not fatally. Miss
Wells was the wife CT III. Murdoch OF Daven-
port before entering life OF shame. Kitter
was ner lover, and an attempt TO get rii of
him caused the shooting,
l.. J. Dug of Milwaukee, commercial
traveller was robbed OF several thousand
dollars at Brainerd by thief arriving there
in advance Of Coles show from Duluth.
AT Salem, Greg, state prison convicts
made desperate attempt TO escape. Three
were killed and two wounded. Eight are
at large. Nc officers were wounded.
Rev. Louis Burdick, aiyoung Methodist
Clergyman of Brooklyn, has been arrested
on charge of leading astray Josephine
Harrington, aged sixteen.
Mrs. L. Blades was arrested at De Witt
Iowa; recently, for shooting ut ber divorced
husband, who attempted to enter her house.
The residence of B. +. franklin and Col.
Owens of Moorhead were burglarized Oh
the Sth inst, but no serious loss resulted.
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General JacksOn's Sword.

When jackson made his last will one
item Of il bequeathed his adopted son the
sword which had been presented to him by
the state Of Tennessee for his services IN
the army. The adopted son (vho took the
old her0's name after h,s adoption) was q
nephew Of Geneml Jacksons wife, and
6rst cousin to Andrew J. Donelson, the
generals private secretary and Jactotum.
The sword bore an inscription to the effect
that il should never be drawn save in de-
Tense Of and for the pcrpetuity OF the Fed
~ral Union" The gentleman to whom the
sword was bequeathed died before the
war, and II is the tradition In Tennessee
that the son 10 whom he left the sword In
-3uestion was killed ct Chickamauga, fight
inS against the Union. with the sword on
his thleh. No doubt II Old Hickory could
have been present on the bloody field he
would havs exclaimed: "Served him right,
by the Eternal!"
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The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14
The Fourth nj Devils Lake.

At the Devils Lake Indian reservation tho
Pourth was observed with great ccromony and
enthusiasm by the 1000 resident Indians all
Of whom were campcd in their tepees, 100 III
number, on the plateau west Of the agency
building. The tents were pitched tho day be-
fore, aud the food furnished the Indians by
Indian Agent John W. Cramsie, In
diau Trader Frank Palmer, Post Trad
ers Peck and Shook was cooked
at night by the Indians FOR tho great feast in
which they all shared IL common at noon
Among the old chiefs present were Reanejika,
Wanata, Little Fish, lron.Pearl, Left Boar,
Sipto- AK Handle aud Oytanka Tho Indians
had abundance u, aog meat, coffee, ana crack
ers The 800 resident Indian farm
crs made a iine display, Of stock
which, together with The wagons.
oxen and ponies, showed unusual thrift and
commendable progress in civilization. The day Q
exercises consisted OF a sham battle or a STAN.
pede of 100 bucks racing around long course.
The Indians were besmeared with war pain,
and bore many war trappiDgs Many were
naked up to tho hips, their bare legs being
striped with vari-colored paints. Subsequent
" the feast tho afternoon was spent in the ex.
citing gamo OF lacrosse, and horse and foot
races. The feature of the days sport was the
wild dance participated in by hundreds Of tho
Indians, richly bedaubed with war-paint,
seigh-bells, bear.cliws, beads. feathers,
shols, arrows. tomahawks, pipes, and
ornaments of skin, which exercise
was Witnessed by thou ands of visitors. In
unison with the beating of drums sus-
pended on ornamented poles near a stand
ard containing the trophies Of old victories, the
Indians danced for hours at night without in
termssion in all imaginable pos,ures, gestures,
aud with ncantations and war hoops The
dance has no religious signiteation 1t is per-
mitted at rare intervals. and affords Them much
innocent sport Maj. }. W. Cramsic, Indian
agent, and Maj J. n Conrad, commsDdan,
at the military post, aided by tho agency police
and small detachment Of tho poet cavalry,
preserved order, and the days exercises were
not marred by accident or trouble. At noon q
salute OF thirty eight minute guns was fired at
the fort Hundreds OF visitors came from tho
north shore.
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Remarkable Surgery.

From the Youths Companion.
We have referred to the wonderful
success of surgery, within these later
years, in operations the most skilled
would not have dared attempt gener-
ton ago. Such are the removal OF the
(lalynx vocal box) supplying the place
with a metallic substitute; cutting out
the larger portion OF the stomach, and
bringing the divided parts successfully
together; the same with several feet OF
intestines; the saving OF hand for SER
vice, most Of the bones which had been
crushed beneath q trip hammer.
These and kindred facts are OF inter-
est, net simply as illustrating the ad-
vance made in surgical skill and daring,
but as suggesting the amazing resources
of the physical system for the reDair OF
injury.
Internal ailments once thought TO be
inevitably fatal, and large abscesses for
merly difficult Of cure, can moves
pecially with the aid of disinfectants--
be handled with comparative ease,
ether or some other anesthetic contri-
buting 20 the success OF the operation
giving the operator more absolute con-
troll of his subject.
These facts encourage the unfortunate
anu tnelr Iflouub nopc ioH tnO uO0e 80
most trying cir cumstances; and they
condemn those physicians who hastily
advise the sacrifice of an important part
of the body. We have no doubt that
many who came out of the war manned
might have saved their lost limbs.
The following remarkable case occur
red about three years ago in.North Caro-
lima. A white, delicate girl had her
hand completely severed from the arm
by an axe. The physician, not being in
a condition to amputate tina arm above
the wrist, replaced the hand, securing 1t
with silver stitches and adhesive plaster.
and having bound both arm and hand TO
a broad splint, ordered them to be kept
warm with hot flannel cloth. The third
day pulsation conld be plainly felt In
the nd ,all which had also changed its
color. Says the physician in charge, II
removed the sutures on the fourteenth
day, and afterward she carried the hand
In q sling and is now-thrce months
after the accident--able TO extend the
fingers and grasp with nearly the usual
strength" The joint retained its free
,uotiou
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Army Licutcnants from Civil Life.

The president has designated the follow
ing named gentlemen to be appointed Sec
ond lieutenants in the army to fill vacan.
cies: Charles NJ. Clinch New York Rich
ard B. Paddock, Illinois; Gonzales s. Bing-
ham, Indiana Robert w. Wilson, Kansas;
Richard NJ. Blatchford, New York; Charles
=. George, New Hampshire; Benjamin w.
Atkinson, Missouri; John l.. Schon, Ken
lucky; William II. Johnston, Jr, Ohio;
Sedgwick Rice, Minnesots; John A. Perry
Connecticut and Daniel Clark, Maryland.
The candidates will be required to pass u
satisfactory examination before hoard TO
he appointed by the secretary insisting OF
four commissioned officer of the army, one
Of whom is TO be a medical officer. An or
der from the war department prescribes the
character Of examination which will be
required. Sedgwick Rice above named of
Minnesota is the second son of Hon. Ed
mund Rice of st. Paul.
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Texas Judge Assassinated.

Judge HoughD vas assassinated late Tues
day night OH the road home from Jefferson,
Texas, where he had been attending a night
session O. court One ball passed through
his right breast ard another penetrated his
heart. His horses head and his own
clothing were perforated with buckshot.
Firing was heard. but the report Of fire.
arms is such q common occurrence that IT
attracted no attention. II is not known
who did the shooting but is believed by
Mrs. Houghl To have been done by ne
gro, whose daughter the Judge had
wronged before his marriage.
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The Performers Of the Passion Play.

An American traveller who has revisited
the village Of Obenmmergau. where he saw
the last performance IL the Passion Play,
writes to the Springfield Republican that
he regrets having done 90. The woman
who acted the Virgin Mary be found digging
potatoes IN field. baYefooted, disheveled,
and filthy; Mary Msgdalene Was on het
hands and knees scrubbing floor, and pre-
senting an unsightly appearance; and the
personator Of Christ was carving ornaments
which had been ordered BY tourists who
had seen and admired him In the play. "A
mug half full Of beer was on rough bench
within his reach. and % his chisel was MIN.
bly, tracing and forming the intricate and
delicate designs on the piece OF wood be-
fore him. he was ut the same time vigor-
ously pufiug alhu9e Germanpipe that hung
down over red shirt and covered his
bosom. But something still more dsssn.
chanting was seen In the village INN. kcp.
by Herod. "Nicodemus. Psntias PLATE
Judas Iscariot. st. John. 81. Peter, 81.
Matthew. Barsbbas, and two or three Of the
centarions were making merry over their
beer mugs. They we're In discussion Of
the Passion Play, there evidently being .
division OF opinion q - how oeFsain parts
could be acted with the greatest eject.
John and Judas we're In . bali maudlin slate,
and were sineing snatchss from como Of
ihs ehosusesln the play.s
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14
An Illinois Lynching Affair.

A Cairo dispatch says: Wilson Howard,
who killed John Kain on an excursion
train at Mound City, was taken from the
Pulaski county Jail at Mound City, by a
party of about thirty men, dragged about
Eity yards and suspended to limb of a
tree. He had keen shot two or three times
previous to beirg hung, and was probably
dead before strung ur. The body was en-
tirely stripped of clothing. He fought des-
perately, but it was of no avail. Sheriff
Grain had the body cut down as soon as
possible after he got there, but life
was extinct. Howard bore bad reputation,
while Kane, the murdered man. was gener-
ally esteemed among his railroad associates
and acquantances.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14
NEWS OF THE RAILROAD&

TIE Railroad Gazette OF The 18th reports
a total OF sixiy.six miles of new railroad
constructed making 1866 miles thus far
this year, sgainst 4, ,l66 miles reported at
the corresponding time in 1882 ,972 miles
in 1881. 1889 miles in 1880, 76l miles in
1879, 6O6 miles in 1878, 6lS miles in 1877
673 miles in 1876, 407 miles in 1875 637
miles in 1874 and !, ,40S miles in 1873.
Mr.. III. G.. Gavin, for some time agent o
the Winona & st. Peter railroad ut Tracy,
has been appointed travelling freight agent
of the Chicago IL Northwestern railroad for
the territory west of Tracy.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14

Other railroads should be quick to fol-
low in the footsteps of the Erie road in
adopting a patent automatic coupler for
freight cars, SO that the brakeman may
no longer endanger life and limb by
standing between the cars while
coupling. The railroads have thus far
gone on the theory that men were plen-
~ and the number of manned men to
be seen shows how terrible the result
has been. 1t WAS an important feature
of the recent exposition at Chicago, that
while every means was taken for insur-
ing the safety and ease of passengers,
little had been accomplished in securing
the safety of brakeman in coupling
freight cars.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14

The total amount of land donated TO
our railways to secure the building Of
those improvements exceeds the total
area Of either the German Empire or of
Austro.Hungary, or three times that Of
Great Britain and ireland, or the COM
bined area of Pennsylvania, Ohio Indi
ana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin,
IOWa and Missouri
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14

An immigrant can take 100 acres for a
pie- .mpticn claim, 100 for tree claim,
and 100 for homestead claim-in all, $50
acres of land. Before he can secure his
title, however. the land must be sur
veyed and put into market by the Gov
ernment, with protection for the rights
of squatters. The settlers far outran the
surveys, so that now an immigrant, to
secure good land, must become squat
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14

The President Of the United States
expects to visit the Yellowstone Park in
August, If circumstances will permit.
1t will not do for him to get too far away
from telegrapic communication with the
national capital, and the telegraph men
promise that the wires will reach the
Park before he arrives there.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14

The esthetic people of Massachusetts,
TO the number of six hundred, have
signed petition for the pardon of an
aristocratic forgcr, who was sentenced
to the penitentiary foi twelve years and
has already served four. The chief, and /,
indeed the only point urged in favor Of
the pardon is, that he sis of a highly sem
si,ive nature, well educated and before
his sentence, occupied a high social po-
sition. He is so extremely sensitive
that he has suffered ten times the pun
ishmept which could be suffered by an
ordinary criminal" Here is anew Srin-
kle, and it remains to be seen whether
bold Ben Butler will take to it kindly.
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the Freedmen's bank populations, was re-
stored to his position by Hayes. Runk!e
applied 10 Second Auditor Ferris for his
longevity pay. Last week Auditor Ferris
declined to make payment on the ground
that Hayes action in restoring Runkle to
the army by an executive order, was with
out authority of law and void of effect. Sec
retary Folger has therefore ordered the
whole case TO the court of claims. Tne de-
cision will atiec. several other cases now
pendinc
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Did Hayes Have Authority.

/ Washington Special: An interesting case
involving the legality of one OF President
Hsyes's reinstatements OF officers in the
army has just been before the court Of
claims. Maj. Benjamin p. Runkle. who
was court martialed and cashiersd during
the Grant regime for alleged comp licity in
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14

How He Was Converted a. ths Irish 0uss-

How H0 Was COuvert00 o. - WuDn 0
d. II. Locke (Nasby) tells, In the Toledo
Blade, how he Was converted BY Redpath
on the Irish question. Redpath only said,
"Come with me-" He declined 10 argue;
he merely showed Mr.. Locke series OK
pictures, Of rags and starvation. OF destitu-
ton indescribable, Of misery beyond the
power Of tongue or pen % depict. hs
dred women without shoes or stockings
walking in the cold mud. In Fermoy, -
tolerabfe prosperous village" for Ireland.
the women not only had neither shoes NOR
stockings. but they had SCARCELY anything
10 wear. Locke saw evicted tenants
hungry. barefooted, bare-legged, and bare
headed women, and pretty women ct that
trudging along the cold, wet road In .
drencbinQ rainst0rm. And next he saw .
flying squadron of 15O soldiers--6ne look
ing fellows. we'll fed, well mounted and
well armed with loaded carbines- riding
away from the scene Of an eviction: Red
path invited aNasby" into o typical cabin.
where in its single room, 10 feet
by IL, with hole in the wall
for O window, the wet earth Tor .
/Dor, smoky fire place in one corner, be
introduced him TO its seven occupants.
About the fire three or four children,
dressed in scanty cotton slips, were hud.
died. In another corner there was brood
of chickens, and pig repeatedly poked
his snout In at the loose hanging door.
The little holding attached to the cabin had
been improved by three generations OF
family tenants from three shillings to forty
shillings per acre year. In America Mr..
Locke thought the land for which the tenant
pays $40 per acre rent might sell for 81 per
acre! In another cabin Mr.. Locke saw q
bed consisting Of four posts driven into
the ground, some stringers covered with
rough boards. and on the boards dry leaves
and heather covered by some old potato
sacks. This is the manner of living OF
the Irish people, against whom Mr.. Glad
stone is employing the resources Of civiliz-
ation." When Mr.. Locke entered the
Emerald Isle he was prejudiced against
the Irish. He says he tried to convince
Mr.. Parnell that he was demagogue; that
the Ivishh had no reason for agitation; that
Ireland could only be properly ruled by
the English; and that they ought TO be
thankful to the kind providence that
had given them o superio: race to protect
and care for them." After O day with
Redpa,h, Locke was wet, weary and mad.
The days sights, he says, were too hor-
rible for talk" Mr.. Locke will not dis
pute any more with Mr.. Parnell.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14

With the mercury up among the
nineties people are apt to forget that a
few months will bring it down to the
neighborhood of zero, and that fuel is a
good thing to have on hand when that
occurs. The fourth Of July is the turn
ing point of the year. After that date it
will be well to look forward to winter
comfort.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14

Gov. Ben. Butler was refused the de-
gree of J.. l.. d., by Harvard university,
which immemorial custom was always
sanctioned as one Of the honors which
the governor Of the state was entitled TO-.
The general was somewhat inCensed
but cooled off and had his revenge. He
attended the commencement at Cam
bridge, escorted rs usual by the Boston
Lancers, and at the grand dinner of the
alumni he made a speech that charmed
all listeners, and won enth usastic ap-
plause Ills bitterest enemies were con-
founded and not little disgraced by
the outcome OF their petty spite.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14

Hon. Friend J. Whitlock of Belle
Plaine, Minnesota, expected to be a
victim of Brights disease. 1t was well
defined and promised to speedily end
his days, for the doctors have alway S
pronounced that disease fatal. But Mr..
Whitlock had heard of the wonderful
cure of General Schenck, and put him
self on a milk diet mixed with oat meal
Cruel, and his own recovery was equally
complete. lie WAS "a robust eater and
the change from meat to milk was pretty
tough at first, but he thinks 1t saved his
life
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An Englishman In Paris has given So
500 10 the sumptuous American church
now building in the Avenue de pAlma.
II is national scandal that the English
church is not worthily represented In
the French capital,
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14

A close definition OF The agnostic, and
which that claas ofnegative philosophers
will probably sccept, vas given BY Pr,
ident 6eelye at Amhursf yostSrdaY--
Zone who will neither grow IN kncvl-
edgo nor teach others 10 RrOW.n
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fhe De Snet Leader.
PUBLISHED SATURDAYS
BY
BROWN 4 SHERWOOD.
TERMS:

Eighteen millions surplus receipts
into the national treasury in one
month is direct invitation to extrava-
gance and all sorts of robbery.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14

St. Paul spent &Sa6, 7s7 on schools last
year.