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The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-30
THE CRIMINAL RECORD.

Col. J. J. Pickett, brother of the late
Lieut. Gov. Pickett, a prominent attorney,
at Gatesvills, Tex, took twenty-five grains
of morphine and is now dead. He was at
tOrney in suit involving few hundred
dollars, which went against his client.
The latter abused him fearfully for misman-
agement of the case. Pickett then got on a
spree and the matter preyed on his mind 10
such an extent that it resulted in suicide.
A duel was fought recently between NJ.
Ercher, second secretary of the Russian le-
CATION at Athens, and NJ. Ballozzia. The
former was wounded in three places. The
British and Russian consuls and Ottoman
police tried to prevent the meeting. The
duel was fought by moonlight. The wea-
pons were swords. The wounds of Erchler
will likely prove fatal Ballozzia is g fugi-
tive.
James Blake, an old resident of Silver
Creek, Ashland county, Wis, who some
two weeks ago tried to commit suicide by
shooting himself through the bowels, cut
his throat on the oath from ear to ear with a
razor, and bled to death in few minutes.
He was about fortv years OF age. lie had
lost his wife and property.
A church near Bonneville, Ark, was
burned, it is believed, by incendiaries. Ger
tain parties are suspected. Excitement runs
high and threats Of violence are freely made,
il these suspicious are confirmed.
Louis Carter, colorel, who murdered his
wife on the farm Of DR.. Il. Il. Pretlow at
Southampton, Va, was executed ut the
county court house in the presence OF 2,Co0
persons, mostly Degroos.
X. F. Bine, superintendent of "a saw mill
at Slidell, st. Tammany parish, La, was
shot dead by J. A. Kingsley of New York,
inspector OF creosoted timber.
The examination Of Jehn Iurk, charged
with shooting at Mrs. Sophia lhrig, at Held.
elberg, Mimi, resulted in binding Xurk over
to the district court in $50.
AT Hudson, Tobe Travers was sentenced
to five wears in state prison for killing
Miles. He will appeal to the supreme
court.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-30
The Army OF the Cumberland Re.
union

The society of the army OF the Cumber-
land, will hold its annual reunion, Oct. "a
and Is in the Music hall in Cincinnati,
where the society was first organized in
1868. An effort is to be made at this meet.
ing 20 call into the membership all officers
and soldiers who ever served with the army
OF the Cumberland. The Northwestern
soldiers who are interested are the Second
regiment Of Minnesota infantry and Second
battery of artillery, the Fifth and Eight reg
iments OF Iowa cavalry, and the First, Third
Tenth, Thirteenth, Fifteenth, Twenty-irst,
Twenty second, Twenty-iourth, Twenty
sixth and Thirty-first regiments, Wisconsin
infantry. First regiment OF Cavalry, and
Third, Fifth, Eighth and Tenth batteries
and Battery G, First heavy artillery. The
grand total, present and absent of the army
Of the Cumberland, at the opening OF the
Atlanta campaign, was III 45O officers and
enlisted men, ,as shown by the tri-monthly re.
port OF April 10, 1854. All surviving mem
bers OF the above named organizations. and
all general, staff and other officers who were
appointed by the president and served with
them in the same army, who were honora-
bly, discharged, are entitled to membership
in the society.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-30
NEWS OF THE R1ILROADS

Active preparations were making for the
driving of the last spike of the Northern Pa
cific, thus linking the Pacific with the At
lantic, and opening up to this section of the
country another world. The spike will be
ofgold, and its driving will be made an oc-
casion never TO be forgotten by the peope
of the Northern Pacific country. The spike
has already been made and is now in the
possession of President Willard. 1t has Ell.
graved upon it an inscription suitable to
the occasion. The place selected for it, re.
ception is about ten miles out from Helena
going in the direction of Portland.
There is commotion among the officials
Of the Erie railway over the mysterious dis
appearance of $4,000 in transit from New
York to Susquehanna, Pa. A package con-
tanning that amount was expressed by the
Marine bank, New York. to the Susque.
hanna Valley bank. The bank officials
found the package filled with blank
papers.
In spite of charges of neglect the Omaha
officials in connection with the Minneapolis
accident, the coroner's jury finds the COM
pany and living officers guiltless of blame
The engineer of the wrecked train caused
the accident by violating the rules of the
road, and is to blame for his own death
The jury blames the system which made
the blunder possible, however.
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PITH OF THE NEWS.
WASHINGTON NEWS NOTES.

W AoI1 ~ " Il OAV NE " ~ LNO1 fI'ys
Senator Cougar of Michigan, who is in
Washington, says the business affairs Of ex-
Senator Ferry are being satisfactorily ar
ranged so that he will soon be in as good
shape as he ever was. There was meeting
of Ferry's creditors in New York not loEg
ago, tor the purpose of examining the ac-
counts Of the Ferry firm. 1t was then found
that many of his debts were secured to four
times their value. An adjustment of the
securities was tnen made, and all his debts
were SO secured that the creditors gave an
extension of three years. Ex-Senators Fer
ry's brother says the Utah mine, the con-
trolling interest of which is owned by the
Ferry firm, is clearing $30 900 a month, and
has for the last ten months. This mine, he
says, will soon strengthen them up. The
ex- senator is in Europe with his sister and
aunt. If he had not been taken away when
he was he would probably have died, so
greatly was his nervous system shattered
through the use Of chloral and powerful
nervines. He is now said TO be rapidly re-
covering.
The president has appointed Robert &.
Mitchell receiver of public moneys at Du-
luth, Mimi, vice w. w. Spaulding, sus-
pended for two or three years past, rumors
have been ahoat that there was crooked
office. Ex-Gov. Marshall, when appointed
as examiner found that there was a laxity
ia management, but he made no charges
against the then incumbents OF the Office
M. Z. Russell as register and Capt. Il. III.
Pressnel as receiver. A sufficient pressure
was brought to bear, however, by interested
parties at Minneapolis and elsewhere to
have them both removed, although both
those gentlemen demanded an inyes-
tigation, which was never ordered They
were removed in September last and others
appointed in their place.
Chief Moses and two others OF his band
arrived at Washington recently, after q
journey OF over 5000 miles from his reserva-
ton Oh the northern boundary of Washing
ton Territory, The part, are in charge of
Capt. Frank ID. Baldwin of the United States
army, with ID. +. Sherwood as interpreter.
The entire trip was made in the quick time
of nine days. The obi ct Of their visit is in
reference TO the proposed REIMBURSEMENT of
portion OF their proposed reservation.
Secretary Chandler, in circular to heads
of bureaus, calls attention to the fact that
i,462 employees at an annual expense of
over 100000, were on the rolls of the
navy yards, to patch up six old tubs.
The following postmasters have been
commissioned: Iowa, Reuben i. Prouty Shell
by. Wisconsin-John NJ Stephcny, Alverno;
Dennison ID. Loomis, Lookout; Gerret Len
slit, Gibbsville.
Postmaster Thomas l.. Tullock, OF Wash
iDgton died recently at Atlantic City of tu-
NOR in the throat,
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Jenny Lind Growing Old!


/ had lately the pleasure to enjoy an
interview with the great singer Mt her
lovely residence. No. Morton Garden,
Crompton road, South Kensington. 1t
is great big house, with generous
court yard anda covered pathway lead
ing through it from the street. There
is gate opened by machinery which
communicates with the house and on its
face can be read all sorts of instructions,
beginning with "Please ring" "Ser-
wants" ""Don't knock unless answers re-
quired," "Visitors," and SO on. These
are shown on FURNISHED brass plates
that glisten like gold in the mi day sun.
In compliance with one Of these brazen
informers | rang the bell and presently
the door was opened hy ilunkey in all
the glory of pink silk stockings and
avish!y powdered wig. Being seated
in a room that overlooks we'll kept
lawn, my relief was profound when /
heard the "whish" of silken dress an d
hushed female voice giving directions
to the Swiss butler, and directly after
the angular form Of Jenny Lind filed
the doorway.
should like to tell you about Jenny
Lind and what she looks like, but you
will have TO be satisfied with few gen.
eral statements. From TIE crown Of her
wlgged head to the sole Of her No. 5
shoe there is not one line of grace or
beauty. Her form is angular, her face
hard and her eyes dull and passionless; |;
features irregular and out of harmony,
and it seemed to me that one ear was Q
little higher than the other; her hands
are large and vulture-shaped her breast
flat and painfully monotonous, and the
stiffness Of her knees was amply indi-
Gated beneath her meagre skirts. She
had just been driving, and had thrown
off her hat in the hall, and if she would
look pretty ut any time one would have
thought it would have been under such
circumstances. The air outside was
fresh and crisp; the sky cloud.
less and a warm spring sun
in full splendor. However, at
mosphere seemed TO have Lo beneficial
effect upon madam" who. if possible,
looked graver, harsher, and more color
less by contrast with the beauty of ma
ture outside. Now, | will not try to
present Jenny Lind in any exaggerated
form To my readers. 1t was wild, un-
restrained imagination which induced
some recent writer to speak of her as
beautiful She must have sung to him
as the sirens did to the sailors of the
east, until their senses were charmed
away, the one Of hearing alone remain.
ing to fill the offices blindly for all the
rest. When he made the statement
that she was beautiful, | can readily
imagine that he was still under the il. au-
cncc OF her divine voice.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-30
BRIEF FOREIGN NEWS.

The French papers express approval of
Admiral Pierre's action in bombarding and
capturing Tamative and other places in
Madagascar and predict that the Hovas will
soon be compelled to capitulate. The Soir
contends that the HOvas are SO detested by
the other tribes of Madagascar that il they
do not forthwith yield - the F.ench they
will rln great risk of b .ny massacred. The
uitimatuni, offered by Admiral Pierre to the
Hovas government. which refused it. in
cluded an acceptance of q French protector.
ate over the northwest coast, according to
the treaties of 1861, the payment of an in
demnity of 100000 francs and the ac-
acknowledgement of the right OF French citi-
zens to own lands in Madagascar.
Inquiry is now in progress at Mullipgar,
Ireland in connection with the murder
of Mrs. Smythe, April 8. An informer
been started by Michael and John Pagan,
with the object of removing tyrants and
bad landlords. Among those named by
the society for removal were two gentle
man named Smythe and earl OF Longford,
and two OF the prisoners were deputl ed to
execute the sentence. The eight prisoners
charged with complic'ty in the murder of
Mrs. Smythe we're present at a meeting
held in March outside the house of the
mother OF the Fagans.
In the chancery division of the court of
appeal, London, Judge Chitty dismissed the
petition Of Rosenburg for the custody. of
his daughter, a Jewess who left b er home
in New York to live in Leeds, and after.
ward entered a convent i'm marlborough.
The lady is now i'm Paris, outside the
court. The judge ref',sed tc allow s.,s;e 10
the lady superior of the convent, though he
believed she had acted from motives OF
charity in causing the removal of Miss Ros.
enburg to Paris.
The foundation stone of the Congregation.
al college OF British North America was laid
at Montreal on the site adjoining McDill
university, with which il is affiliated.
The pope has ordered a special commission
of the propaganda to examine all questions
and papers in connection with or relating
to Irish affairs
There are rnmors that the NJ anitoba cab
met will he reconstructed, and that straight
Tory government will come in.
1t is claimed that Howgate is in New
Orleans with his black hair and beard
dyed foxy red.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-30
An Important Life Insurance Decis.

The recent Minnesota Supreme court de-
cision in the case OF Annie ID. Manson
against the grand lodge of the Ancient Or
der of United Workmen, is of interest 10 So
cieties who incorporate system OF insur.
ance upon the lives of their members or
the use of beneficiaries named by the in.
sured, said insurance fund being main
tained by assessments upon the Surviving
members.
1t appears that Mr.. Manson was men,
ber OF the above order, and was behind in
dues, but that there was provision in its
bylaws that the payment OF the same with.
in three months Of the time after their due
would restore memt er TO iul. rights and
privileges in the insurance benefits Of the
order. Mr.. Manson within this prescribed
time, handed his dues to the person ap-
pointed by the lodge to receive the member
ship assessments and dues in the street, but
they were rendered back TO him by the
lodge and lie refused to take them. On his
death the above suit was brought, which
calumsated In judgment for the 5000
benefits which rs a member ofthe order,
fulfilling the requirements Of the by. laws,
he was adjudged by the court to be legally
entitled 70. Decision of district court a.
firined.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-30
Rush OF Office Grabbcrs.

Washington, Special. 1t is expected that
a large number OF official changes will b.
made between this md the first OF July.
The scare on the part of the clerks is an an
nual one, but the peculiar significance of it
at this time is the manifest attempt every
where to avoid and foresiall the operation
of the civil service reform law. Every va
caDcy which can be made is to be gobbled
up for political friends OF the departmental
heads or Of the admir- istration. 1t is the
subject OF c0ntemptutous contempt that
this last grab for spoils is so universal.
and that the disreg ,rd OF the principles OF
service reform is SO general throughout the
departments. II what Is being hurried for
ward Ia carried out there will be no vacan-
cies to FL and no promotions to make un-
der the civil service rules for some time,
unless some clerk should die or resign.
The new appointees will be solid. This
state Of affairs is brought about by the extra
ordinary political pressure broaght to bear To
push political strikers into place before it Is
eyerlastingly too late. The heads Of de-
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-06-30
PERSONAL PTS.

Gen. Shermas started recently ona tour
ofmilitary post inspection. He would un-
doubtedly have postponed his departure un-
Ill after the funeral of Gen. Ewing, but one
d,y's delay in starting would have disay
ranged all his plans through the entire trip,
which has been carefully mapped out, with
dates for arrivals at certain points, and es-
corts provided to meet the party along the
route. Col. Bacon, of Gen, Sherman staff,
was to have accompanied the party, but de-
cIded TO remain in Washington on account
of the illness of his wife.
Gen. Sherman before leaving w as hington
said that he hoped the papers would make
no great fuss over his leaving the army.
He had achieved all the notOriety he wanted.
II he had desired to remain in the service
he would have done so There are many
things which he would like to have accom-
plished but could not. The standing army
was inadequate for the heavy burden inn
posed upon it. Its weaKness ha greatly
retarded the settlement and development of
the northwest and southwest boundaries.
Dispatches announce the death of A. II.
Hinkle OF CINCINNATI at Andover, Mass,
whittier he had gone To attend the gradua-
ton OF his youngest son Charles. Mr.
Hinkle was one Of the most valuable mem
bers of the chamber of commerce. He re-
tired n number of years ago from a school
book publishing house, but has been active
in various benevolent institutions about the
city.
Bishop Keane Or. CO. OF Richmond Va,
who has been visiting Palestine has ahipped
from that country corner stone for the
news cathedral that is to be built in Rich.
mond. The stone is 20xl5xl5 inches in
size, and was cut from the rock Of the Gar
den of Gethsemaae on the Mount of Olives.
Francis A., wife of +. G. Case of Apple
ton, Wis, has been granted a divorce from
her husband OH tho ground OF adultery, be-
ing allowed 5000 alimony. Case has
been general solicitor of the Green Bay e.
Minnesota railway.
DIR. Kerr, city medical health inspector of
Winnipeg during the time when the small
pox hospital irregularities occurred, has
entered an action for $4,000 against the
Times newspaper for libel.
Carroll l.. Bates of Titusville, Pa, has
been expelled from the coming senior class
at Hamilton college for plagiarism.
Hon. Montgomery Blair is lying danger
ously ~ at his summer residence near Sill
yer Springs, Md.
DR.. Dio Lewis is sixty years old and
weighs 200 pounds. His hair and beard
are snow white.
Rev. Mr.. Hunter is striving TO erect a
small church at Elystum, station in his
mission field.
The widow OF the late Senator Morton of
Indiana has returned from her European
visit.
Archbishop Wood, Catholic, OF Phil.
adely yhia. died on he 10Th.
Ilges' court martial will be held at Fort
Smelling, July IL.
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Mrs. Langtry's Stockings.

FROM the new Ork OtdI.
/ was making some purchases Thurs
day afternoon at Broadway store when
my eyes fell upon the divine Lille
Langtry at the hosiery counter. She
was in search of box Of black hose, and
in considerable doubt rs to the proper
size. "If you will permit ME to hold tho
foot OF the stocking to your closed hand
! can Judge If the size is right" suggested
the dapper clerk. The Lily glanced ut
him searchingly to see ifhe was in earn
est, and then with all the coyness Of o
schoolgirl, she drew her hand from Q
coQuettish little pocket in the side OF
her wrap, and extended it hesitatingly
with quiyer in the fingers, let II drop
suddenly at last into the clerks out
stretched palm. Her hand Is certainly
large. but it is plump and pink and
pretty, and the grace with which it was
extended was worthy of Modjeska.
You can't think OF 1850 leaves while
looking at the fair digit, but it will sug.
gest pink sea shells and round balls of
golden butter lying to cool in the clover
that has grown up around the well-curb.
I was ungallant enough 70 glance on the
box for the size Of the hosiery, and The
figures were SO IL"
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N the Rrjdpeport Farmer.

From the Bridgeport Farmer.
There is talk of putting on q regular
English train between Boston and New
York. Everything in the way ofiuxury,
comfort, speed and safety has already
been perfected. There are no such cars
an engines in the world as the COnsoli-
dated road runs, vet, wishing always to
supply an unsatisfied public, the exper-
imeht OF running train Of English
coaches has been agitated. English en-
gines, with no cabs and one pair of IL
foot drivers, will be imported; also first
eight persons in each part, or twenty
persons in each car. The high rate OF
speed accomplished in England is at
tanned BY running small trains, so here
but four Of these cars will be used on
each train. One train will leave New
York and one from Boston stimuli
taneously each day, and make the
runs in about five hours.
The train may possibly carry
the mail, paying a pound u minute TO
the government for each and every
minutes delay-just rs they do in Eng
land. The ''guard" will pass along on
the outside of the train and collect the
tickets through the windows. There
will be no ventilation and OF much COM
fort to speak OF, but then "it will be
English" There will be no water, no
toilet room, and the passengers will be
locked in and unlocked only at their de-
stinatlon-all so English! The fair will
be about $50 or "four pun, me lad, and
the portmanteaus will be "pasted," and
not checked. The full fares and postal
service will net something over 5000
each trip. There are so many that go
everything English, that it is expected
that coaching clubs, English pug-dog
owners, polo players, fox-hunters, and
dudes will patronize and roll up the re.
ceipts Of the new train. 1t will not be
necessary to use any Of the new IS, co.,.
GOO loan, as it is known TACT that any.
tang brought over here that is English
always pays and pays well. One Of the
trains should be called the Flying
Wilde" and the other Lightning Lang
try"
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Two terrible lessons to men, women
and children, of all classes, are so recent
that reference to them may not be out
OF place, for no one knows when he may
be placed in situations where the loss OF
judgment and self-control might lead to
untold horrors. More horrible even
than the bloody baptism of the Brook.
lyn bridge on Decoration Day was the
awful disaster i'm hall at Sunderland,
England, week ago. whereby the lives
of nearly two hundred children we're
crushed out. An extraordinary coinci.
dence is that both these terrible calami-
ties were brought about simply by an
unaccountable rush of human beings,
impelled by no particular panic, and
produced by no accident to the structures
In which they were penned like lambs
for the slaughter. Children Of both
sexes should be taught GOODNESS and self
control, SO that i'm, moments Of danger
they may not lose possession oe faculties
necessary for self-preservation and
stampede themselves, 80 to speak, to
destruction. The task ia not hard one
il begun early and practised in every
emergency. -
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A fire at Salt Lake City destroyed $lOO, ,OuO
worth of property. The Mormon tsber-
nacle caught fire twice nom ayins spa. rs
bu, was put out with little loss. The Nor
mon council house where thev held secret
meetings is total loss OF $1,000.
Charles b. Wake, q member Of the firm
OF Knowlton & Wake, prominent both in
military and musical circles, of Minneapo
lls, fell between two cars on the East side
Friday afternoon, and was 80 frightfully
mangled as to suffer almost instant death.
Mcmillan Bros. stave mill at Meanwhile,
was burned to the grouad Saturday night.
The stock was oil saved. but the machinery
was destroyed. Loss, $500 insurance, S..
600. The body of Peter Carl, night watch
man, nineteen years old and single, was
found under the ruins, burned TO crisp.
Bassett, Hunting Il Co. and Gilchrist A
CO., grain dealers, suffered loss by rire at
Dubuque on the 23d. inst. of about $6O,-
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The papers which entered into tn,

The papers which entered into the
combination for publishing each Monday
morning the sermons delivered in Lon.
don by Mr.. Spurgeon are now busy ex-
planning why, after three weeks trial
they have abandoned the experiment
which was so widely advertised as the
greatest thing in modern journalism.
None of the explanations meet the case.
The truth vi the matter 10 the people
did uot want to read the sermons, and
the fact that they come by telegraph
made no difference in the news. For
irredeemable and unmitigated trash
sat before the public, the telegraph is
largely responsible, or rather those cal
low editors who cannot Danish the idea.
idiocy is transformed into something Of
interest by transmission on the wires
from some remote point