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The DeSmet leader. (DeSmet, Kingsbury Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-01-27
FOREIGN

THK loss by foods in Germany in esti-
mated at 80 coo 900 marks
LADY Dixie declines a testimonial in
acknowledgment of her services in reliev-
ing distress in Ireland.
TWENTY-FIVE shocks Of earthquake we're
felt at Murcia, province Of Spain, Satur-
day. Several houses we're destroyed.
MARwooD, the hanHmap, swung of
Thomas Higgins and Michael Finn a,
Galway, Friday, for completely in the
murder of the Huddys.
JAPAN is about to adopt the American n
system of railroad building. and has or
ganized union steamship company, with
capital Of $500 600, to develop the trade
of the empire.
THREE explosions occurred Tuesday in
a gunpowder factory eight miles from
Amsterdam, Holland, and twelve cOrpsas
have already been discovered.
THE anarchist trials at Lyons, France,
resulted in sentences Of FIVE years impris-
onmeut and fines of 1000 francs for
Price Krapotkine, Gautier, Bernard,
and Bordaf. Four of the accused were
acquitted. and forty others were ordered
fined and imprisoned.
A CAUCUS of republican congressman
was held Saturday afternoon, at which il
was resolved that the tariff bill bs taken
up next Tuesday and given preference
over all legislation except appropriation
bills.
THs national board of trade, which
yesterday closed its session at Washing
ton, passed resolutions in favor of pos al
telegraph and the encouragement OF
American shipping, and averse to the
continuation of the III Hawaiian treaty.
MIcHAsL DAvIT1's appearance on the
platform at Oldham brought on free
tight. The mob drowned hi' words by
noise. and made an attempt to storm the
speakers stand, but were repulsed with
chairs in the hands of DAvitt's friends.
Police removed the disturbers.
VARIOUS accounts from Consta atinople
state there was an afiray on Saturday be
tween two reg men,s OF the police guard
one of them composed of albanians anC
the other OF African Arabs, between whom
| bitter hereditary jealousy exists. Abo al
fifty Of the combatants were killed o.
wounded.
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FIRES AND CASUALTIES.

The business portion OF the village of
Macarthur, Ohio, has been destroyed BY
ife.
An explosion Of nitro-glycerine at San
Pubic. CAL, Tuesday caused the death Of
two Portuguese.
/, Hon. E. B. WisBBURNx, willie ridirg
at San Antonio. Va. painfully injured by
being thrown from his horse.
TH. jsil at Oak Hsrbor. Ohio. was
burned Sunday morning, and pr.soner
charged with drunkenness perished in the
flames.
SMALL Pox has developed in the lum-
Der camps near Rat Portage, Manitoba,
and the government has sent out physi.
clans and lursee.
TRIcBINIAsIs made It's appearance in
the family If Jacob Schriever. at Fred
ericksburR. Texar, from which three chill.
dren died.
Tn. steamer Josephine, With twenty
passe ngers and q full load of freight, ex.
ploGed her boiler in Port Sussn bay, OF
the Pacific, AID several lives were lost.
TIE stallion Pemberton. with . record
of 2:24, owned by H. G. Stevens, of Ne
thueo, Mae. and valued 1t el0OU0. has
killed himself BY rrnnirg into picke,
fence.
The Quincy house. one Of the lsrges'
hotels in Q1ilcy, j l., took FIRE at breakfast.
time, Tuesday, and the upper stories we're
burned away. Over one hundred pereons
w,rs hurried cut of the building. Los.
abou, $45 900.
SrRAaaLIxa bands Of Indiana. en- route
from San Carlos reservation to Join in in
Son ora. are seen frequentlY near Tomb
stone, Arizona. The sovsrnor Of .6opors
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Washington Telegram to the Pioneer Press.
The investigation of the clerk of the
house, John Bailey. which will begin
soon before the special committee ap.
pointed for that purpose, prom lses
some interesting features. The charge
is that Bailey is the paid agent of the
Washington Gas Light Company, and
has acted in the double capacity of lob
by list and clerk, and the truth Of the
charge is apparently established by
the character of legislation where this
monopoly is concerned. Every public
Office, if it is charged, sports some paid
agent of the company, whose influence
is used to retard or accelerate legisls-
ton, as Bailey has been doing at the
capital. Even this committee OF inves.
tigation was appointed by the speaker
from friends of the company. The
mt mbers who brought the investiga-
ton about we're shut out. TIE reason
for this, it is said, will be brought out
before the investigation closes. A long
list of witnesses have been called
among whom are prominent senators,
members and public men. One of the
witnesses will swear, he writes, that he
was in he employ of the gas company
at 5000 per annum Ito retard legisla
ton" and that Bailey operated on the
floor of the in the same way as agent OF
the company.
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is still unprotected.

The New York Tribune sees posi-.
bility of financial troubles ahead, but
advances two reasons for hoping that
they may be avoided. The first is that
banks and business men have had
some pretty sharp warnings of the
danger. 1t would be strange indeed, it
thinks, il they should not take especial
precautions to draw away from de-
pendence upon operations so plainly
dangerous. The second is that the
speculative fever has about reached
the stage at which the professional
gamblers are left to amuse themselves
with each other.
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Pl In W 0rds ~ % . C0wardly Habit
Tn Tends 70 FOster Crime.
From the Mobile Register


From the Mobile Register.
1t must be admitted that With the
growth Of this country and with its
advancement in civi6z alton crime
should have decreased. 1t cannot be
truthfully said that this is the case.
Without seeking other causes it can be
asserted, withoat fear of contl ADDICTION,
that one reason for this is the criminal
habit of carrying concealed weapons.
We use the word criminal" advisedly,
for whatever is contrary to law is GRIM
inal. We do not consider it the mark
Of brave man to carry concealed
weapons, but rather the contrary. OF
course there are circumstances in
which carrying them is justifi .ble, but
for man to put on his pistol in the
morning as regularly as he puts on his
coat does no credit to him as q citizen
nor as q man.
Especially 10 this . dangerous habit
in the young. Many OF them think
that it is manly. Poor fools. True
manhood consists in courage of soul,
in daring to do right, in abhorring bul:
lying, braggaaocio and rowdyism. Let
thin-skinned youth, of violent tenn.
per and great idea OF his own import
snce and honor-heaven save the
mark-stick pistol habitually in HE
pocket and he Is making of himself .
dangerous element in comm unity.
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THE constitutionality of the Kansas
prohibition has been affirmed by the
supreme court Of Kansas. The plain
tlfis in the case claimed that the law
violated the constitution of the United
States, as it deprived citizens OF prop
erty without due process of law. The
brewers in the state have large proper
ties that have been rendered worthless
if the law stands. A dissenting opinion
holds that the State must pay for such
property. The matter will go to the
United States supreme court.
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ONE ARM AND ONE LEG.
A COiOred N an W mo Earns His Living
With Only Two limbs.
nj,

a CoiOred Nan Who Earns His Livin,
With Only Two Limbs.
Camden Daily Post
One of the most remarkable men II
Camden is a one legged and one. armet
Colored man named James Weeks, re
siding at Ferry road and Harley stree
in the Eight ward. He ia q strong
healthy man of about forty-eight years
of age, and evidently enjoys life Al
mach as his more fortunate and ply
sically supplied brethern. The strang,
part of the thing is that. although both
his left leg and left arm are entirely
gone--they having been taking out a
the sockets---he ls able to drive cart
loading the vehicle as quickly and rs
well as those who have all their limbs
with sand or brick, aud doing fully Al
much work as any cart driver in the
city. Some time ago he was lamp
lighter, performing his work in man.
ner satisfactorily to his employers. 81
well has he piled his business of cart
driving that he has accumulated quite
a property, both in horses and carts and
in real estate.
He was met yesterday afternoon by
Post reporter, sitting Oh the side of his
cart, whistiing as gaily and apparently
ss happy as any man in Camden.
When asked how it came to loose his
limbs, he showed his worries as broad
grin spread over his rather generous
mouth, and said ode war took 'em
off. You see, boss, / was shot down at
Port Hudson. ! laid dar for hour art.r
hour, and finked l, Jim you're a cooked
mig. shuah, case only had piece OF
my lef' arm and none ofthe lef leg
WORT mentionin'. Putty coon, when
de scrimmage was all ober, de men
come along to pick up de wounded, an
| seed doctah Gross, a son ob the old
professor at de Jefferson College, / tink
he was. He JUS looked at me an pass
ed on. Hold on, surgeon, said ], cant
you ford to help a fellab2 Don't gone
foah to lesb him heah when he can't
walk? why said de doctah, you're
dead! Dere aint no use 'tendin' you.
But sisted dat / was better'n two
dead men, an he 'cided to see what
could be done. When | came out OF
dat hospital was JUS Is you see is
now. Dey took both limbs cut f'om
de body at de sockets" He draws Q
pension of $l8 per month fromIthe gov
eminent, and says he has no trouble
making living and little extra by
driving cart. Twice each year since the
close Of the war, "Jim" goes to Phils-
delphia to see Prof. Gross, Who exhibits
him to the studen's at the Jefferson
Medical college as "Old Iron sides"
That world renowned surgeon says it
was one of the most remarkable cases
that had ever come to his knowledge,
and he does not believe there is one
man in million who could have gone
through what he has and still live.
Over one-tnird of his body was taken
from him, and the whole course of the
circulation of the blood changed. Jim
gets around W tn ease with one crutch
and the remaining leg, il matters very
little whether he uses it under his
right arm or leaning against his left
side, where the arm socket now is.
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MLwArKEs, January %. - Flour In fair
demand. Wheat Steady; active. No. 2 hard,
LlS; No. 2, l.0l; for seller January l.OlH,
for seller February l.Cl.; for seller March
lO2l; for seller April O3A; for seller May
L0Sk. No. 81; No. 4, 20. Con-Quie.
but firm. No. 2, 5s. Oats-Highcr; No. 2, 3s'.
white, s9x Rye-Higher. No. l, 81 No. 2,
so bid. Barley-Stronger. No. 2, ~; extra
No. 3, IS. Provisions Higher. Mess Pork
1855 for SELLER. cash and January; 1855 for
seller M rch. Lard-Prime steam, 1880 for
seller cash and January; 1890 for seller March.
live Hogs-Lower; 5.sOa6l5 Dressed Hogs
Wanted; 7.009715.
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GREAT fires, like other misfortunes,
come not singly. While workmen are
clearing away the debris of the New
hall house fire in Milwaukee, the wires
are burdened with weight Of woes.
A portion Of the Piasters house, st.
Louis, burned Sunday morning, in
which three lives were lost; the Russell
house in Neenah, Wis.,, together with
the Pettibone block, the First National
bank and other property; the Mandt
wagon manufactory at Stoughton, near
Madison, and the First Presbyterian
church of Memphis. No lives were
lost at Neepah or at Stoughton or at
!. Memphis, which is cause for profound
congratulAlion. BatSa terrible catas-
tropho<was narrowly averted at the
Memphis Ohslkch fire, as the congrega-
lion had hardly passed across the
threshold into the outer air when the
destroying element seized upon it and
reduced it to heap Of smoulderine
ruins. A remoter calspity, m:agerly
outlined in the cable dispatches, recalls
the frightful horrors Of the Brooklyn
sfheater fire. A fire breaking out in .
/ CIRCUS building, in q Jewish town OF
SRussian Poland, destroyed 800 livee
md wrapped-the whole city in mourn
ihg. The recurrence OF these warning
! Alarms in America is hardly TO be re
grrtted, since the loss of life is insig.
ni6cant ss they repeat and emphas'ze
the lesSos Of the Ne~hall house FIRE.
The owp0es and; proprietors Of that
luckless h6stelry have endured . good
deal Of indignant criticism, but it is the
!, concurrent evidence Of the whole trav'
cling public that nearly e$ery consid
cradle town. "A the northwest has one
or more hotels as dangerous. The
nssa for reform in caring for the safety
of guoss u almost uhiverssl. The sub
isct khOuld receive the prompt atten
6on : svsry legislature now in session
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A Bad Time.

Commander J. B. Coghlan U. S. N.
~rites to us from the Navy yard at Mare
Island, Cal.-An enforced residence OF
two years in Californis made me the sub
iect /, ( most painful attacks OF rheuma-
tism. Consultation upon my case BY emf
nent Naval and other surgeons fall ID 10
offer any relief. DE-. Hoyls recommend.
cd to me St. Jacobs OIL. the happy resul,
of the use of which vas my complete and
monderfd csre. Washiagton ID. C) Army
and Nary.
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" hospital belonging to old Fort
cvwnin1 .ord, at Prairie du Chen, Wis,
which was government military sta
ton early in the present century, and
was one OF the landmarks Of the past
ia the north west, was destroyed by fire
on Saturday.
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A father talking to his carelem dauab-
ter said: 81 want to speak 70 non of
your mother. IL may be that yUu
have noticed carewoSn look upon
her face lately. OF course it has noE'
been brough there by any not OF y0uYSs
still it is your duty to chase Il away. i
and get breakfast, and whom y0ur
mother comes and begins 70 express
her surprise 20 right up to her and kiss
her on the mouth. You cant imagine
how it will brighten her dear lace.
Besides, you owe her kiss or two.
Away back, when you were : little
girl, she kissed you when NO one else
was tempted by your feyer-tainted
breath and swollen face. You were
not as attractive then q you are now.
And through those years OF childish
sunshine and shadows she was elwavs
ready to cure, by the magic OF motD3
ere kiss, the little, dirty. chubby mona
whenever they were injured by thoae
first rough skirmishes with the r,r1rh
old world. And then the midnickf
kiss with which ahe routed a many
bad dreams, as she leaned over vnssr
ASCsaCco pAAAO - uov0 LII D60U on 1UfoT0nk
these long, long years. or COURSE ehe
is not 80 pretty and kissablo . yOu sre.
but il you had done your share 81 nor
during the last ten years, the contrasf
would not be 90 marked. Her fnca
has more wrinkles than youru. -
more; and vet If you were sick thsa
face would appear more beautiful than
an angela, - Il hosered over 49,,
watching every opportunity to msn;~s
tor To your comfort, and every orc ~
those Wrinkles would seem to be hr;s,ht
wavelets Of eunshine chasing esch y -. ~,
over the dear face. She viii Isavs 49,.
one Of these days. Thee burdss,s ~ n
not lifted from her ahouldorr. 1;ii Il
break her down. Those rouch h~,.i
hands that have done 40 manv 49,.
sary thiEss for you wiz bes crnr n,
upon her kieless breast. .Thoss -
baby kiss wiz be forever ojosSd $50
those sad, tired eyes win have on..s - >;
IN eternity. and then you Win snr,.s.;
sse your mother, but Il VIII IS t6o ~.
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New York Telegram to the Pioneer Press.)
1t 10 reported that Mrs. Theodore
Tilton recently found it necessary,
owing to her Strengthened financial
circumstances, to hire herself as q
nurse. The lady with whom she wac
brought in contact and Mrs. Tilton soon
began to exchange condolences. And
Mrs. Tllton said that the allowance of
81, 900 year which was made TO her
by her husband was not sufficient 10
mainland her family in the style in
which she lived. 1t appeared that
Mrs. Tilton is caring for her daughter
and young baby, the husband being sn
inmate of an insane asylum. Mrs. Til
ton referred TO her confession in the
Beecher case and said: every word
Of it was true; my relations toward
Mr.. Beecher will never be understood.
He was my spiritual guide, and my
religious belief had been formed under
his teaching. There seemed TO be
nothing wrong in what l did, as view.
ed it." After Mrs. Tiiton had been en-
gagged in her new occupation four days,
her daughter put in an appearance
and objected to her longer playing the
roll OF nurse, and the engagement
Was terminated.
Mrs. Attorney General Brewster re.
Gently at a dinner wore cardinal satin
over gold -colored satin petticoat, with
O court train of cardinal satin embroid
cred in gold designs of boquets.
Governor Ben Butler was the guest
of the Merchants club in Boston ut .
dinner Saturday night. and took ocos-
sion to speak 1t length on the shipping
interest, taking the ground that mol
free ships but protection in running
the ships Was the remedy far our com
mercisl decadence. He also said that
tho Hoosao tunnel must DO Joined Y
the Erie canal.
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THE preponderance of current con-
4 gressional opinion is that there will be
Thu tariff legislation this session, as the
soUr % %nc,tion is badly complicated and
sHsss, %,'ss te yet remains but thirty working
wstorys, while much necessary Legislation
10 OF IN upnerfected
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NUMBER /.


Washington Jan. 16.--Evidently II
this session of congress were the long
instead of the short one there would De
pretty sharp raid made upon certain
railroad and telegraph corporations IN
the interests of the general pubic, Inc
corporations influence in tho halls OF
congress has choked OF for long Time
snythipg in the way Of adverse leglsla..
ton. The question of forfeiture OF LAND
grants made to railroads who have faii-
ed to comply with their contracts, u
one that is being constantly being press.
ed upon the attention OF the commis-
sioners. Hundreds of thousands o.
acres are in the hands Of corporations
who have done nothing TO earn them.
These lands are kept out OF the Market
and legimate settlers are forced 70 seek
less eligible lands or else pay heavily
for the railroad lands. There ~ good
deal of general dissatisfaction with the
bill relating to alleged forfeited railroad
grants. II is said that this bill Was r0-
ported by the committee under mis-
apprehension Of its real effect. ~ -
believed that no lands could be forfeit
ed under the provisions. II action was
to be brought against any corporation
under the rule the defendant could be-
gin work and show good faith on their
part in their going ahead tbuild into
accordance with the contracts, ana
thereby setting up good def0nsa.
Practically the bill Is an indefinite ex-
tension of all land grants ever given by
the government TO railroad corpora
tions. Judge Payscn, OF Illinois, has
been devoting great deal Of attention
to the corporation conspiracy In the
west, and he is going TO make his
mark in exposing and lighting the az
gressions Of These bands OF = capitalists
who have such uninterrupted control
Congressman Anderson, OF < snsas 10
another member who is developing -
an anti.monopoly legislator:
The senate committo on Pacihc rsSll-
ways with tue reputation OF being .
railroad committee, reported to-day
Anderson's bill to compel the Kansas
Pacific to pay 100000 due the gov
eminent for the survey of lands grant
ed to it by the government. That the
corporation should have to be called
upon by an act of congress to make this
payment is fair illustration Of the way
corporations carry out their contracts
with the government. In 1882 congress
granted certain lands to aid In the con-
struction in the eastern division Of the
Kansas Pacific Railroad company.
Four millions of acres have been earn
ed by this company under an act that
especially stipulated that the com pany
should pay for the surveying and locat-
ing of this land. The United States
completed these surveys in 1875, at .
cost OF about $7S 600. OF. this amount
the company paid something Hess than
$l8 900. Now 100000 10 due and the
company declines payment II does5
not appear that an act Of congress were
necessary TO compel this payment il
the interior department were rightly
managed. Only 100000 acres OF the
1000 600 acres granted have besn pat
ented. 1t would be . much simpler way
to stop the psteu.ing of moro lands nm
til the amount due has been collected.
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BROOKLYN has lost the right to her
title rs the "City of Churches" Cincin'
natl, Philadelphia, Boston and Chicago
have now more churches in proportion
nopuiation than Brooklyn has.
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An admirable court: my dear
fellow" said the late Lord Chancellor
Westburg one day 10 Ex-Lord Chief
Justice Erie; "why do you not attend
the judicial committee Of the Privy
Council p "Becsuse ! am old, deaf
and stupid" THAT 10 no. re- son at
ALL" rejoined the acidnlated Chancsll-
or, "for I am old, Williams is deal, and
Colon Say II stupid; yet We make an
admirable court Of appeal"
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Frau Lucca gets $2l5 for every ap-
pesrance at the Vienna opperA house,
where she Is permanently engaged. In
Berlin she recently received q. 600 for
six evening", while in London she will
~ (olve, next Spring u. 400 per night.
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SATURDAY. Jas 20-

.Sendte-At the clsse of the morning
hour the p1stofice appropriation bill was
taken up, the pending question being on
the amendment changing the date when
the reduction Of letter postage from 3 20
2 cents shall take effect from January lst,
1884 to the 6rst Of July next.
After long and tedious debate the
amendments m ade in committee we're
agreed .. iacluding that Of fixing the
date at July next when the reduction
of letter postage shall take effect.
The bill then passed and the tarif bill
was then passed.
House- After the passage of two private
bills the house went into committee of the
whole in the ,nsidera!ion Of the naval
appropriation bill, and when the COM
mittee arose the house adj burned.
MONDAY, JAN. %.
Sendte-A somewhat spirited debate
was had on the lumber supply of the
United States, and also on tsxation oil
sugars and inolasses. Regarding the for
mer product. Sen. Bayard thought there
was striking inconsistency in keeping
upon the statute books o law Offering q
bonus for the cultivation of timber and a,
the same time keeping out foreign lum
Der by duty. The presei vation of our re-
naming forests was mater of great ma.
tional importance. He had been Informed
by gentlemen familiar with the regior
ABOUT the headwaters Of the Missouri anC
MISSES ppi and chief sffl1ents that there
was great danger of the destruction OF the
forests there unless prompt measu res were
taken for their preservation.
Houss-The house had under consider
alton the naval appropriation bill.
speLt the entire day in fruitles, discus
sion Of it, and adjourned without takin,
| action.
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THE latest horror is reported from
Russian Poland, where three hundred
persons perished in burning circus.

THE loss of property IN Germany
alone, by the recent calamitous a ,ods,
is estimated at about SIC. 100000. 1t
must be equally large in Russia and
Hungary.
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has ordered out large force Of troops to
intercept the hostiles.
The village of Mara, Switzerland, has
been entirely destroyed by a landslide,
great pass of earth. rocks and trt es NOV
ing down the mountain side, and surying
the town. The inhabitants escaped with
their lives by heeii x hastily.