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The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-08

Sylvester +. Fuller, runaway cashier Of
the Second National bank of Jefferson, Ohio
snd IT. l.. ST. John bis assistant, were ar
rested in Cleveland recently. on a charge ot
stealing fifty thousand dollars of the bank :
mt uey. The defalca,ion was discovere {
iast December and they hed 10 Canada On
returning they we're found and captured.
At Trenton Iowa, two welld e'sed oily
tongued sha"pers s.indled the Rev. Mr.,
leper, Campbellite minister of that place
out Of $3.50 by the old three card monte
game The reverend gentleman had
drawn the money out ot the bank To go in
Ia business with
A conductor of the Chicago h Alton road
bad a private detective, that was shadow
ing him under orders from the company,a ar
rested ard fined $40.
Edward c. Meachan. y New York broker,
has been arrested for stealing railroad bonds
worth s., 500 from the office oi William r.
Town, II lawyer
Postmaster Hensuan OF Marshall, La,
las been arrested 'or embezzlement Oi 81
200
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A M,hnesotian Kills His Brother

Buffalo, Wright county special: On the
29th inst, shocking and perhaps fatal
fidht t'ok place between two brothers -four
miles west of here. Ephrsim Washburn
and one Varney were binding wheat for
Wallace w. Washburn in the latters field.
count of one man being sent to another
part of the field to bind two stations or be
left behind the reaper. He fell behind, q q
Wallace and he had some words, upon
which Wallace struck Ephraim upon the
head with n rake. breaking the rake.
Ephrair went 10 the house tor his coat,
when he was met by Wallace, armed with
an ax, who struck his brother Ephraim on
the head, stunning him: Then he struck
him arsin with the butt OF the weapon,
making sashing cut in his head
and then stepping over he hammered the
senselcss nodv with the fiat side of the ak,
on he head and elsewhere On seeing the
assault with the Ak Varney rushed back,
and when he reached the house Wallace de-
sisted. Ephrsim's skull is fractured, and
he lies in desperate condition. Wallace
refused To furnish team 10 pr,ng!his broth
er to town, hut he WAS brought here and
placed in the hands of DIR. COCy, who ex-
presses little hope of his recovery. A war
rant was issued and the arrest OF Wallace is
looked for hourly Hitherto he has been
known ~ a law abiding citizen. He was at
times deputy sheriff, and was a delegate 10
the republican state convention, He has =
wife and children. Ephraci is younger and
unmarried.
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GOSSIPFROM WAsHINuTON

Inspector G.. W. HoIcomb, of the general
land office, has just returned frsm FIVE
months trip Of Inspection of surveyors gen
eral offices and distant land Offices III Cot
orado, Wyoming, Utah, Nevada Oregon
Washington Territory, Idaho, Montana,
Dakota and Minnesota. He reports the
offices generally in good condition. well
managed and q in- lar buSinesa The
increase of business in thh land Offices OF
Washington and Oregon is reported very
great and larg tracts OF that section are be-
NJ taken up ny land entries.
The August pubic debt statement shows
reduction Of something over 10 go co0
for July. This falling off however, is
chiefly due to payments on sccoJnt OF en-
sions which aggregated Sill )0,O for the
month. The interest bearing debt now
amounts to 81, 32S, ,s79, $50, the total debt
81, s76, SS9, ,523. The customs receipts were
Sl5S $3.50 }, and those of interns! revenue,
10 Sl4 COO. As yet it II TOO early 10 Ell
mate the effect Of this change in the ts ~if
laws.
The consul general al the Unied States a..
Rome, under date of July 81, has furnished
the depar nIent of state with an Interee ting
account ot series Of contests between com.
hined reaping and bIuding machines man
ufactured in several countries. in which
those oi the United states were successful.
rhe trials we've severe, the ground bring IN
many places marshy and stony, TIE result
clearly sho wed the superiority OF American
machines.
Gen. J. A. Ekin, colonel and assistant
qusr,erIlsster general, vas placed on the
retired list OF the army recently. This will
prom ote Lieut.. Col. Alexander Pery ~ be
colonel and assistant duar,ermaster general
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Great Tidal Wave on the Atlantic
Coast

Halifax, y. s. Special:-A veritsble ,eni-
pest RACES tonight on the coast of Nova Sco-
tia. All day the sky presented a threaten.
ing appearance and as darkness set in the
wind which had not been very strong, be-
gan to increase in violence and at this hour.
IL o'clock, is blowing furious gale. The
torn, will prove disastrous to shipping in
he vicinity Of the coast. To-day the sea
ran high, the platform leading from the
road 10 the beach was washed away, and at
cne time il looked as il considerable dam
age would be done The sea also ran very
high at Block island and at Narrsgsnsett
pier. preventing the leaving OF The steam srs
Atlantic City, n. j., special: The waters
surged aud foamed snd dashed the sea front
until the fears of the people were wrought
up TO high pitch. TIE to'a' loss will not
be less thsn $4,000. Long before high
water, which WAS AT & O'Clock, the hoard
walk began 20 wash away, and by high tide
the higher beach alongthe center Of the city
was mass OF debris Bath houses restaur.
ants, photograph galleries and stores wi,h
dive llinss attached, Winch were bull, 50 Ia
from the curt that II was thought no sea
would reach them, were undermined and
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Prot. Davidson writes from Sin Francis
co that earthquake waves commenced or
Sancelite tide gauge st 10 O'Clock on the
morning of Aug. %. They had increased
in height and were still exhibited Tuesday
The height of the waves was one foot, and
the time lorty minutes The cresis were
remarkable. The disturbances were prob
ably caused by the same earthquake and
tidal wave that destroyed AMER aud other
towns in Java, Aug. q.
A fire at Clinton, Iowa, recently, de,
stroyed the vegetable canning factory Of b,
F. Hemenway & Co, with nearly all It's
contents. The fire broke ont at 1870, and
the buildings were all ablase before dis
covery. The factory VAS outside of the
city limits, beyond fire protection The loss
is 5000 on buildings. IS, 600 on machinery,
and probably $4,000 on stock, including
canned goods, cans, etc. There vas only
81 600 insurance.
The owners OF the steamship Ludwig,
sixty days from A.twsrp, have abandoned
all hope of ber safety. There were seventy
persons on board, twen'y.:otu Of whom
were passenger,
The new button factory at lonia, Mich,
was destroyed by fire on the 2sth. Loss
$4,000; insurance 81, 500.
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Postal Changes.

WASHINGTON. Special Telegram, Aug Is -
Postmasters Commissicned-Minne Mary
J Nelson, Fir: Lange Johnson, Pom de Terre,
Edwin p. Barra-, Escambia Dakota: Nehs-
n.iah Hall, La Dele. Montana: Harry +.
petcrsep, Hclmvile. Wisconsin: Herman
sch slbe, Five Corners; Elmer q. Boyuton.
K,ngston R0hor' J. Bs;ey, Alma Center.
Iowa: Houy IRELAND, Ferry. indIsna:
EmilS b r RI, DndIey
Pos,oftic = E-tab ota, Gettysbnrg,
Potter county minnesota, Domestic. Polk
county
Posiofiices Discontnusd-Dakota Platte
Creek, Charles Mix county.
Special Service Established--Dskota, Candy,
Aurora comfy, from Plankington. Iowa,
Penrose, Woodbury. county, from Co rection-
Vile.
special Service Observation-Disclosures Eliza,
Hutchinson county, from Auburn; Gertrude,
pembiua county. from Garden.
There are now 4S.O49 postoffices 10 the
United States, OF which number l,l78 are
presidential offices and 6,273 money order
Offices Since the wear 1876 the number Of
postotlices has been increased 40 per cent
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Doctors Distractions.

In enumerating the trials u physi-
clan has to put up with the Hebrew
Standard says: "If he does not come
Immediately when sent for he takes
things too easy; if he sends in his bill,
he is in terrible hurry for money II
he visits his patients every day, it is to
run up bill if he don't, it is unjusti-
fable negligence. If he orders tho
medicine, it does no good; il he changes
the prescription, he is in league with
the drup0ist. II he uses suv Of the pop
uIar medlcines Of the day, it is to cater
to the whirns and prejudice of the peo-
pie TO fill his pockets; if he don't use
them, it is from professional seltishness
If he is in the habit of having frequent
consultations, it is because he knows
nothing; If he objects to having them,
on the grounds that he understands his
own business, he is afraid Of exposing
his ignorance TO his superiors: il he gets
pay for one half his services he desc rves
to be canonized. Who wouldn't be an
NJ ID ~
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A Triple Tragedy in Indiana.

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, Special Telegram Aug
| 2S "A horrible triple tragedy occurred here
at noon to-day. on Court street, within half 4
block OF the court bouse. Jacob Bush, renta
| agent and attorney in small way, some time
ago procured q divorce for Samuel Aldenberg
and there was general quarrel over the fee.
Finally, Bush sued Aidenberg for slsnder.
| day the latter met the former on the side
walk, and after some words drew pistol, and
at distance OF three feet shot him III the
| back, tho bali going clear through the body
| and causing death. Adeuherg then shot down
| to the ground. The bullet glanced, aud,
making slight flesh wound on
the arm of livery stable employer,
struck Sam Campbell, q well known book
binder, who was passing thirty feet away, en-
tcring his abdomen and making dangerous
and probably fatal wound Aldenberg then
raised the pistol 10 his own head and snapped
IL, when tue bystsnders yelled and rushed al
him He ran into the rear yard OF store, and
placing the pistol to his head, pulled the trig.
ger sea terng his brains aud causing instant
death The whole tragedy did not occupy foui
minutes, and occurred within diameter OF
thirty feet in the narrow street Adenberg
was about sixty years old; Bush and Campbell
were middle aged, the latter unmarried.
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Anti-Chinese Decision.

Judge Potter, in the supreme court oi
New York, rendered decision in the case
of Chinese sailor on the ship Punhike-
shire, VINO, il is alleged. was deprived OF
his liberty in order to prevent him bringing
action against Capt. Richie, OF the vessel,
for ill treatment while on the voyage from
Hong Kong. IN dismissing the writ oi
habeas corpus under which the seaman
was produced in court, Judge Potter cites
the Law and says ~. touk, the seaman is n
Chinese laborer, Under the mean ne OF the
act, and that to permit him to land would
enable the petitioner to go at lstge in the
United States, and return or not to the YES.
sci, according 10 his pleasure, and the re-
suit would be the efiectual evasion of the
Law in question. On this ground, there
fore. whatever the court or Judge might
thin OF the policy of the law, it had not
the right to null fy an act of congress" "
The writ dismissed
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-08

The wheat crop of England is to be
below the average ~ to quantity, with
not more than IN ordinarily good dual
ity. There is no reason tn believe that
the competition from India Will be un-
usually large for the coming wear. Our
own surplus will not be so great but that
Europe will want it, without question,
at tolerahIy satisfactory prices. While
commercial failures are unpleasantly
frequent, and many industrial establish
ments are making little or no profit, or
lnde I'd are standing idle, the burning
sun Is ripening the corn in millions of
acres, and the only question So far as TO
the cotton crop is whether it will be six
millions, plus, Of bales, or reach the ear
lier estimate Of over seven millions of
bales. Extraordlnaries exec pied, there
will be enough for the demand, which
demand is likely to be as large as usual.
Population.wiIl soon overtake, il it has
not already, the speeding up of machin-
cry, and whoever may 90 roo fast, the
country at large will find itself. when
the barvests are ended, rich in all sub
stantial things
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losS 1us ,sisnu OF Unsiuss nvs Miies on eu0
mouth OF Che Tangsrnu river, and twenty miieA
sast Of Batavia, was completely inundesed,
and the noating dock theYc was toeAuy
Destroyed Cataic, Olaps and TroNusuA talands
Oh the coast OF Java which dissppssreds a5s
ont Of sight and not vestige Of thsm y lsfe
Baby and Cheribs Islands, on the north cooss
but small in extent, lost the few housss aAd w
habitsnts on thom
m BATAVIA
this loss has been largely increased s1noe -
last reports. The roof Of the governor's house
Wss crushed BY mass OF heavy mud, an0
three Of the retsiners were killed. The TOWN
bridge vas destroyed. The Diamond
snd Peasl bastions badly damaged, and
the Bussau redoubt was destroyed On
Csysmsns. MAlibar and Lions street. the
principal avenues Of tho city, the damage 70
very great Fort Astyoi IL entirely destroyed
Ths town OF fAgget was severely
shaken and only . few buildings were
'eft ssudiuG The aggregate loss Of
life from the various elements OF tho
terrible disturbances must be fully "a, OOO,
but the number Of those who perished can
never, of course, bs spproximated. violent
shock occurred In the island OF SnmaHa-
Monday forenoon, and 1t was feared other
violent disturbances might follow. Middle
Island, ton miles Of the Javanese coast, and
half way between the extreme points OF Java
aud Sumatra, WAS almost wholly engulfed IN
the sea- The small Island Of Singkle. prob
ably originally only Q cone blown up by an
eruptive paroxysm, hAs entirely disappeared.
Il was unlDhabited
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, roads exercise greater care in the protec-
. tion oi their fields from fine by means o
| tirebreaks. The railroad locomotives are
! oil provided with spark arresters and on
| the part Of he roads as great care is exer
Cised As possible. Many of the fires whicA
! occur are not set by locomotive spark, but
| ~ persots ott cunning, sparks from pipes
ana ricars and rom other causes Very
often III such cases claims tor damage art
! brought pgslrSt the railroad companies
and the que ton oi liability In the III after
! OF hese hrts is one of the most difficult
that the claim agents have 10 deal with.
The deaf mutes convention in session II
| New FORK decided TO raise funds for a mem
orial to Rev. Thomas II. Gallaldet, found
er ol the FIRST deaf mute school in America
| pfof. Weeks of Hartford, Conn, was ap
psinted treasurer. II was decided to hole
the next convention at Washington, August
| 1883. At tho afternoon session Jerome /
! Elwell read paper on the oral system o.
| teaching deaf mutes, and pronounced il q
| com plete failure. At o'clock the cOnyen
| tioa Was b ought 20 close. social re-
| ccption wes held in the evening. The fol-
! owing day nuuber attended picnic
! and Jonn r. French Of New York will present
me deaf and dumb mni,s OF st. Francis
| Xsvier'S church portrait in oil of Abb'
! De Leppe, the originator oi the deaf al pha
| bet
! The assgnees OF Cap. Shinkl. of Cincin
natl will report To the next m eting of The
creditor that the total liabilities are Sl60,
oG0 The principa! CREDITOR are Henry A
| Jones, }6i ZOO Champion Coal IL Tow Boa
| S37 800; German City National hank 500
| 600. The total assets are now sta ed al $l37,
| coo.
The PROMPT action Of the ST. faul busi
II. SIS men IN advancing 30 900 for the reiie
of the cyclone unfortunstes at Rochester
| was met by the city council last Wednes
| day in an honorable acceptance of the OF
| legation. and an additional 5000 was ap.
| propristed 20 keep the first sum cheerful
| company.
An intelligent muller at Highland, H.,
| who has recently made two trips through
| the winter wheat section predicts that the
crop in this section will tall short ! 90 600,
| GOO bushels with proportional shortage
| in France and England
North Narolina's exhibi, at the Bosto n
| exposition is said to be marveously com.
plete and representative. 1t is especial lIy
good IN specimens OF wood and the coliec.
ton OF precious stones, including hiddeDite
a. Martin. lumber mill owner of New
Orleans, has suspended Liabilities, $50.
600; assets, 10000. II is believed arrange.
ments will he made 10 continue business.
Mr.. Martin Was from 81. Paul.
The supreme commandery ofthe knights
OF the Golden Rule have voted to amend
The coz stitntion so rs { admit women Ia
10 the third rank Of the order.
The banking capita Of St. Paul has now
reached the magnificent total of l6, 27O, ,43l,
or f47v, 22s more than the combined capital
together.
Reports from Liverpool that Canadian
cattle are a9ected with Texas fever are EN-
phatcslly denied by Canadian cattle men.
New Orioaus had ll6 deaths last week,
and is reported ordinarily healthy.
The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-09-08

:, The changes in the money order sys.
tenn, including the reduction of the fee
for orders not exceeding $40 from 10
cents TO s cents, have already gone into
operation. The new cent postal notes
for sums not exceeding s. will become
available ten days hence, And on Octo.
Der |, letter postage will drop to cents.
The next step to the steady improve
ment of the service should be the re-
duction of "drop-letter," or city postage
from cents to cent. the extension of
the carrier system TO the smaller cities,
and the reduction of the SO money-or-
der fee to cents.
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Not I'm Need Of sympathy.
From Q Denver letter to the Louisville Cou-
Pier Journal

On the train there was . woman with
three children, aged respectively ave.
seven and nine. / wondered what
could induce q sane woman TO start ON .
journey with such membranes. pic-
tured her as q widow who was being
shipped west to her friends. dwelt
upon her past with sort of morbid sat-
isfaction; turned riotous imagin alton
loose among her misfortunes, and pres
entity, being weary ofthe silence I had
preserved for several hundred miles, /
went over TO console with her. Con-
ceive IL you can, my disgust when
learned that she was en- route to acircus
about eighty miles distant, bent on Civ
ing those urchins . holiday. She In
formed me in the course Of the convor-
sation that the trip cost her q hundred
dollars oil together, but abe had cleared
~ 900 on her ranch in Nebraska last
year, and felt that she could afford 3
holiday. Whenever haye noticed .
woman at . theator ors.any vther place Of
amusement with one baby have invar
risbly regarded Il - m incipient caee 81
insanity; but when found this woman
with her three babies going sseiehty
miles TO . circus," WAS dumb. These
Nebraska women are not remar kabIe FOR
beauty, but they don't lack nerve. This
one was evidently not su6ering for sym.
patny. and went back 10 my place and
the rapid dias0lving views Of the m0st
monsA0n0us country under heaven.
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FIRE And DEATH.
Disastrous Blazc in u Cincinnati Rag Ware
house and printing Objective Female
Emuioycs Probably Lost

house and printing Ohtce-tfSe Female
Employees Probably Lost
ST JOHNS Sept. 3.-Capt. Nckerson. Of the
schooner Bessy, HIS just arrived from The Grand
Banks lie left the fishing ledge twenty miles
north Of Rogers shoals, and 100 miles of Cape
Spur. Nickerson describes passing through per-
feet sea OF shattered dories, broken broom spars.
gsffs aud other gear Of fishing vessels, No further
reliable particulars are yet to he had. The Bessy
narrowly escaped going down with ali hands. She
Is badly strained aud leaking.
Minor Mishaps
The eastound passenger train on the Fort Scott
Gulf road was wrecked seven miles west Of Par
sons, kanS, yesterday morning The train was
running at the rate VI about twenty-five miles an
hour when suddenly the rails gave away precipi-
tating both passenger coaches aud baggage car
down All embansmeut about fifteen feet The
coaches rolled over once twice, throwing the
passengers under tie seats. Quite number of
people were injured more or less seriously
An east bound passenger train on the New York
and Northeastern railroad, consisting Of seven
passenger coaches and one baggage car jumped the
track near New Britain, Coun., Yesterday fore
noon. owing TO the spreading Of rails, and coIlidng
with two freight cars standing on a siding, SMASH
INK them 10 pieces. Engineer Allen was badly cut
about the head aud arms No passengers we're in
lured, although tie train was running twenty five
miles per hour.
freight train was ditched a, Wright City, on
the Wabash railroad, yesterday. Fifteen cars were
deralled aud damaged, the locomotive badly
Injured, aud the pacing horse Hanging Rock, and
his trainer. Frank Mason, killed. The engineer
aud fireman of the train and groom of the horse
were slightly injured
Lord Heady, who accompanied the Hatch exCur-
sion TO the Yellowstone, went INTO the wilderness
IN search ot game, accompanied 10y two expert
enced hunters He sustained injuries 10y slipping
down a precipice while pursuing game. He was
taken to the Mammoth springs. His injuries are
painful, but not serious.
passenger train OF the Dayton a. Michigan
railroad was wrecked yesterday three mile t:G.i.
Sidney, Ohio, by pluuging into lime car on side
track In consequence OF defective switch worked
with u spring The locomotive aud baggage car
overturned. and the three passenger cars
thrown across the main track
young mau named Ralph Johnson. nephew Of
Congressman Price OF Ohio, was thrown in front OF
a reaper by runaway team, near Euclid. Mpn.,
and was so badly cut that amputation Of his leg
necessary.
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RAILROAD WEBS NOTES.

l.. B. Rock, superintendent OF the Mil
waukee & St Paul railway, al Milwaukee,
ssasked to be appointed guardian Tor his
81 .ter, Mrs Nellie Smith, wLo has been1lost
10 self coytro through excs ssive drinking.
Mr. Rock desires To commit his sister to the
asylum.
Track laying on the Duluth & Iron Range
road was commenced The Doth. The com
pany hss a large force oi men At work, ONE
800, and the work is To be rushed as fast as
90 ssible.
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One of the greatest evils ofthe day, an
a most tagrant Injustice, as well rs a
palable viol 'tion of law, is the Unequal.
tty oftaxation, especially in the larger
cities. The time will come when this
growing form Of oppression must be re-
dressed, or serious results may arise
In St Paul, Minneapolis, and perhape
other places, men of millions are not
paying one-tenth the rate Of taxation
that is expected from the comparatively
poor. Small properties from $1,000 To
$4,000 pay nearly all the taxes, while
millions upon millions either wholly es-
cape taxation or pay sum that is almost
oLtemptible.
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PERSONAL NEWS NOTES.

MIS- UurIee OF EsgIe Farbor, M!Ch., gave
birth 10 boy on the propeller Manistee be-
tween Duluth and Ashland on the night Of
the 27th This makes second birth that
las occurred on this steamer this season.
The son OF ex Senator Hitchcock of Ne
hraska was married o. the 30th inst, at
Fort Calhoun, to Miss Craunze daughter OF
exConp Craunze
Rev. Dr. d. h. Strickler OF Atlanta, Ga
Wa. unanimously elected professor in Union
Theoosicai SO iuary at Danyille, Va.
Henry Ward Beecher starts homeward
from Portland this week by way OF San
Eianniscn