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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-12
State Agricultural Statistics.

The following information about the ag-
ricultural prospects of the state is furnished
by the statistical agent of the national agri.
cultural department.: The cultivated area
will be increased by the addition of /. 2
per cent. or 35O, 900 acres ofnew land. There
will be a reduction of about per cent. in
the acreage devoted to wheat, and an add
ton OF 16 1-2 per cent. to that Of oats, of Is
per cent. to that of Corn, per cent. to that OF
rye, per cent. to that of barley aud per
cent. to that of potatoes. These estimates
are OF course based GU the presumption
that we are to have a reasonably
?ropitious season for seeding On account
of the difficulty of procuring clean seed,
there will be heavy falling of in the mum :
Der OF acres devoted to flax this season. The
condition of stock generally continues to
be fully up to the average, Notwithstanding
the unusual severity of the weather,
Horses have suffered in few localities
from -pinkeye. CHAMBERS and kind of ner.
vous dis ease which is called by some paral-
isis, and by Others spinal meningitis. Hog
cholera is reported as prevailing in few
counties, but not to any considerable ex-
tent; sup ,osed to result from feeding un.
sound corn. There has been quite heavy
loss OF young pigs, owing to the extreme
cold weather in February and March,
where they were not sufficiently sheltered.
Neat cattle and sheep have thriven even
better than usual. The average prices of grain
fol the state at large are as follows, viz. No. /
wheat, oslo; corn, 46c; oats, SIC; rye, 55c;
barley, soc; potatoes, 49c. The amount OF
wheat yet remaining in the hands of far
mers is estimated to b. about one-sixth of
the crop, exclusive of that used for food and
seed. Contracts are made for labor at from
SIS to $40 per month, board and washing
included, for the entire year, and $40 to $25
for the working season. In one county the
extreme is as low as $l3 per month, and in
one instance the highest quotation is $50
per month. The following counties report
positive deficiency of help: Benton, LIE
sueur, Renville, Winona, Rock, Rice, Pipe
stone, Kanabec, Goodhue and Blue Earth.
In the following it is thought the supply of
laborers will not be equal to the demand:
Steele Houston, Dodge, Pope, Yellow
Stearns, Todd, Traverse and CLAW.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-12

j A New York doctor says the best cure
lie knows of for cold is the old fashion,
ed sweat. Take ten grains of ouinine.
9 hot mustard foot bath, and a stiff glass
OF toddy-or, rather, l should say, q hot
lemonade. ~
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-12

Mr.. Human, the interpreter of the
Sioux commission, has gone to the vari-
GUS agencies for the purpose of obtain
ing the signatures of three tourths OF the
adult Indians in the bands. This task is
regarded as hopeless, but at the same
time it is attempted sfor the purpose of
satisfying congress.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-12
Personalities,

An agent of the United States cattle COM
mission sent to West Virginia to inspect the
disease among the cattle west of the Ale
ghany mountains said to be pleuro-pneu-
monia, reports it to be tuberculous, and
asserts that it is not contagious. Some
ooubt, however, Is expressed as to the &C.
curacy of his conclusions.
Father Fleming, who made sensation
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-12

The diamonds worn by New York bar
tenders are said to be worth $3.50, O>O.
The Philadelphia News remarks that
the carbuncles worn on the noses of New
York bar patrons probably ~ost about
e. 600 OOO
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-12
School Laws and Text Books
The superintendent of public instruction ha.
issued the following circnlar.

First-The law requiring at least four months Of
school to entle district to the annual apportion-
Second-Banks for the county text book agents.
bonds have been issued. All other blanks viii be
issued during the coming week. acquisitions
should be made promptly. District clerks may de-
post their books al depository and take receipt
from the agent upon form provided. This receipt
should be sent to the county treasurer, who will
place the amount to the credit of the district aud
charge the same to tho agent.
Third-The added transportation charges have
been redisl,ibuted. so that the prices will be in
fyes and tens to facilitate the making change, as
follows:
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-12

i. Some gene rous man, who aeclined to
bave his name mads public, has given
$40 900. for the correction of a wing on the
Homeopathic Hospital in Boston. -. :
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-12
Death Of Peter Cooper or New Yorl

Death Of Peter Cooper OF New York,
Peter Cooper of New York, whose rep.
ntat'on as philanthropist is worldwide.
died on Wednesday morning at the age of
81. He had been suffering since Sunday
with cold, which developed into pneu-
monla: His great age prevented his tecov-
physicians were in attendance. Tuesday
evening it was feared that the attack would
take serious turn, but it was not until af-
ter midnight that all hope was lost. Mr..
Cooper then began to realize the fact that
that ms end was approaching and about 2
O'Clock Wednesday morning caliei his son,
ex-Mayor Cooper, his daughter, Mrs. Abra-
ham $: Hewitt, and her husband to his bed
side where be informed them that he was
dylng: his grandchildren were summoned
and his ply sician, DR.. J. J. Hull. WIS also
present. At that time Mr.. Cooper
was perfectly conscious and spoke clear
y to those around him. About
three o'clock he passed gently away, as
Mr.: Hewitt said to correspondent, ''iike q
child going to Sleep" He had lived a long
span and having had good vigorous con.
sstitution, which he never abused, his last
hours were painless. During the recent ill.,
ness ne spoke of his desire that the Cooper
institute should be maintained, that having
~CA INV ". cA0 OUJeCtS VI uiS OcVOClO0.
News OF his death soon spread through
the city OF New York exciting feelings of re-
greet. Flags were at half mast on Coopers
institute, city hall, postoffice, newspaper
offices, and other public and private
buildings, and great honors were
paid to his memory.
Peter Cooper, the Oldest native resident Of
New York, the man who built the first loco.
motive ever made in the United States, and
through whose agency 10000 people have
been educated, was born in New York on
Feb. IL, 1871. During the revolutionary
war his maternal grandfather, John Camp
bell, was an alderman of New York, and
deputy quartermaster general, and expen-
ded private fortune Tor his
country. His father was q lieu
tenant in the same war. Mr.. Cooper gave
away enormous sums, but prospered in q
propurtionate manner. In 1854 he laid the
corner stone of Cooper institute. the great
est monument to his philanthropy, at the
junction: of the Third and Fourth avenues.
New York, to be devoted forever to the un-
ion of the art and science in their appllca.
ton to tie useful purposes of life" 1t cost
1854, 600 and has grown under the caro- of
Mr.. Cooper and the trustees appointed by
him until it now counts over 1900 pupils in
the course of the year.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-12

A cigar may be the best in the world.
but sooner or later it meets it's match.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-12
loo Many Wives, Tar and Feathers

100 Many Wives, Tar and Feathers,
Glencoe Register: They celebrated sup.
posed wedding out in the Getchell neigh
borhood on Monday morning last in d man.
ner that the bridegroom, NJ. w. Heenan,
must have thought was strikingly and
painfully interesting, and if reports are re-
liable. the question now is whether Heetan
has two wives or none. We understand
that he claims to have got divorce from
the woman who lived with him as wife I'M
til within few months, but the neigh bors
say he has not been able to exhibit the pa
pers, and they know that the woman is
now living in or at the neighborhood of
Grand Forks. For several months Heenan
has been cultivating very intimate relations
with one of Mr.. Zitloe's daughters against
the protests of the family, and
matters had become somewhat
exciting previous to last Saturday, when
Heenan and the girl, after being absent fol
q few days returned to the neighborhood
and took up their lodgings with John Al
bots family, claiming to have been married;
the general belief however, was that thew
we're not and could not be lawfully man and
wife; SO last Monday morning some fifteen
or twenty young men OF the neighborhood
called upon Mr.. Heenan, and report saws
they left him in sorry plight; 50 changed
in appearance that his best and nearest
friends would hardly recognize him. The
boys went prepared to do full Justice to the
occasion, and commenced the fun by pol
ishing him off Q ls Heenan. After they had
sottened his hide sufficiently, they applied
q well and scientifically prepared soothing
plaster, made Of tar and feathers, which thew
warranted to stick until the hair comes off.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-12
Kinds Of Books. Price. Kinds Of Books. Price

Fourth-The bill requiring that children be at
Least six years Of age to be enrolled in the public
schools did not pass. as has been supposed. Il
passed the senate, but was not returned from the
house, and was never engrossed.
..s 3 49,. D. L. KIRHLE,
.--,-.t Superintendent Public Instruction,
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1883-04-12
MINNESOTA NEWS,

Minnesota State Bar Association. 1.
During the present term of the supreme
court Of MinnSeott, meeting ofiavyeraa
Aas held with ! view to the establiahment
Of : state bar association.
The attorney general called the meeting
to order, after which w. ~ WILKINSON OF
Red Wing wassmade chairman, and E..
6outhworth of Shakopee secretary. A gen
eral discussion was INDUCED in, pertaining
to the objects Of the association,
during which Mr.. Stevens, q member of the
National Bar association, explained the OBJ
jec,s of the State Bar association existing in
Vermont. Fayette Marsh moved the ap.
pointment Of committee of five to draft q
constitution and bylaws which was adopted
and it was finally determined, to have q gen.
eral meeting on the 18th or June to COM
plete the organization; and it was resolved
that 80 soon as the committee have agreed
In the premises they shall cause the same to
be printed and copiee forwarded to the Diff
ferent bar organisations OF the state, and pro-
minent members of the bar in counties and
districts where no such organizations exist
The New State Board of Correction
and Charities.
Gov. Hubbard has recently appointed the
following gentlemen members ofthe state
board Of correction and charities: A. II.
Young. M. Meg. Dana, III. r. Wells E. T.
Wilder, w. n. Campbell and Reuben
Reynolds: Austin Hill Young, appointed
for q term OF three years is 4 resident of
Minneapolis, and is d native of Fredonia.
Chautauquq county; N. Y. Mr. Young first
enisr4ted to Wisconsin in 1854 and came
from there to Minnesota in 1866. locating
in Minneapolis, He is lawyer BY bro.
fession. In 1877 he was elected associate
justice Of the Fourth judicial district. Ma
colmb Meg Dana, appointed for one year.
Is we'll known in St. Paul as the pastor of
Plymouth Congregational church. Henry
Rogers Wells, appointed for three years, IS
resident Of Preston, Fillmore
county, and native of Luz
zerne Warren county, N. Y. Mr.. Wells
came to Minnesota in 1857, settling first at
Chatfield. He was judge of probate for
Fillmore county for several terms. He is
not practicing law. f. T. Wilder, appoint
ed for one year. is an Ohio man, and for q
number Of years was judge in the Ohio
courts. He came to Red Wing in 1856 and
practiced his profession until a few years
ego, when he retired from all business IS.
Judge Reuben Reynolds, appointed for two
years, is resident of Crookstoo, Polk
county, moving there from Rochester some
five or six years ago. He is an old settler of
Olmsted county, having emigrated there in
1855. He is now practicing law. William
NJ. Campbell, appointed for two years, is a
resident of Litchticid, Meeker county, and
native of Pennsylvania. He came to Min.
nesota in 1858, and has, more or less been
Identified with politics ever since. HI was
elected to the state senate in 1854.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-14
A Very Open Letter.

To THE WHEELING REGISTER:
Why is it you throw your whole
energy and influence in favor of
the liquor interests?
You claim to be friend of Tenn
perance. May the good Lord de-
liver us from such friends. You
are the kind of a friend of Tenn
perance the Liquor interest delight
to honor.
You said recently, that "you IA
vored stringent license law, and
strict enforcement Of the same, :"
which was echoed by every saloon
keeper in Wheeling. Yet should
the present law be enforced in our
city, it would close every saloon,
and then would you cry 'fanati-
cism," &c. When was it ever known
that you favored and insisted upon
the laws being enforced against the
saloon keepers, and yet you know
they violate the law every day
they sell. No, it is not the enforce
ment of the laws you want.
You can speak out in a general
way and say, "enforce the law )"
but when were you known to call
attention to the violation Of the
law in any particular?
When did you ever say, "John
Smith has been indicted and found
guilty of the violation Of the liq-
uor laws, therefore he should not
have his license renewed ?"
No, indeed! Well do you know
it is not what you or those for
whom you speak, want.
For shame! Palm Of a Cover
nors message as a Especial dis
patch )" fill your columns with
matter that gives joy and gladness
to the Whisky Ring, publish every
thing you can find, and much that
you don't find, to prove that "Pro-
hibition don't prohibit;;" make
frantic and almost pathetic ap-
peals to the Legislature, and yet
you will be powerless to stem the
tide that's coming in, notwith-
standing you have the money and
influence of powerful and un-
scrupulous Whisky Ring at your
back.
You will live to see the day you
will regret you have taken the po-
sition you have assumed before the
good people of this State,
Respectfully,
A FRIEND OF TEMPERANCE.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-14
Good Templar Installations
Enterprise Lodge, Wheeling
w. Va.

ED. FREEMAN
At a meeting of Enterprise Lodge
of Good Tenn plars of this city, Feb,
5, Joseph L. Degant, D. G. w. G.
T., installed the following officers
W. c. F., Joseph w. Hubbard
w. V. T., Dortha Crider; W. R. S.,
George Phillips; w. A. S., Mollie
Hill w. F. S., Jonah Gorby; w.
T., Jane Gorby; w. G. Mary Freeze
w. NJ, John Crider; W. D. NJ,
Ella Lewis; w. A. g., Lilly May
Crider; w. O. G., Charles Ward.
1t seems by the vote taken in
the Senate on the question Of sub
hitting the Amendment to the
people that eleven of the Senators
think that the people have no
right to be heard in this matter.
This would be a queer Republic if
the majority of our Legislators
were like the eleven Senators who
thus trampled on the request OF
the people. God grant that they
may never be returned. May God
bless you in your noble effort in be-
half of our glorious Temperance
cause, and may the day speedily
come when the infamous traffic
shall be banished from our land. |
hope you will give this item a
place in your paper.
Yours truly,
JOSEPH w. HUBBARD.
Wheeling, February 7.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-14

my response. A hundred sisters
around her read the answer in
stantly in her countenance, and
oh what a sigh of relief and salts
faction goes up from that com pany
of ladies.
GOD BLESS THEM!
Who but the loving Father in
Heaven himself, knows how much
the good women of this land have
suffered at the hands of this ac-
cursed traffic! $50 the resolution
is agreed to, two thirds of all the
mem bers elected to this House
having voted in the affirmative !"
This from the speaker announces
our complete victory in the House
of Delegates. Judge Holt is COM
missioEed to communicate to the
Senate that the
RESOLUTION HAS BEEN PASSED,
which he does Immediately. And
so deep is the interest that a hun
bred ladies crowded over to the
Senate chamber at once; although
they must have known no action
could be taken there for several
days.
The amendment will take its
place on the calander in the Sen
ate. 1t may be reached before
your next issue, or it may not. |
feel quite confident that it will
pass, but of this | cannot be abso-
lutely certain, of course. We must
watch and hope! D. D. j.
NoTE.-Our readeas will read the
foregoing account with sadder
and even deeper interest, now
while sitting for the time in the
gloom of bitter disappointment.
While smarting under the insult
unfeelingly flung in their faces by
Senators whom they have trusted
and honored, it will afford a partial
relief to the People to give increased
honor and praise to the more than
two thirds of all the members, who
knowing the will of their constit-
uents have faithfully regarded it.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-14

miles below Ripley, where he or
gained new society of excellent
people. The revival itself resulted
in twenty conversions, and twen-
ty-two aceessions to the Church.
The people contributed to Bro.
Carder 1915 40 during the meeting,
besides giving IS for missions. He
is greatly encouraged in his excel
lent work.
SAMUEL JAMES.
NEW HAVEN, w. VA, Jan. 81, 1888.
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-14
Revival.

ED. FREEMAN: Rev. M. L. Card
er, of the U. B. Church, recently
held a meeting, lasting fourteen
days and nights, with most encour-
aging results. The meeting was
at a new point on Jackson Cir
cult, on Mill Greek, some four
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-14
WEST VIRGINIA FREEMAN.
CORRESPONDENCE.
RESOLUTION NO. IL.
Its Triumphant Passage Through
the HOuSe-The People Versus
the Liquor-Traffic.
WHEELING, Jan. 80

Correspondence delayed by the ice-fi God,
till too late for last issue
West Virginia freeman. (Parkersburg, W. Va.) 1881-1886, 1883-02-14
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Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-10
TIE WAY POsTMAsTERs ARE AN.
NOYED,

The anonymous communications and
those asking foolish or impudent ques-
tions, received by Postmaster Pearson,
of New York City, form an Interesting
record of the peculiarities of CORES
pOndents. One of the most common
forms OF idiocy appearing in these com
munications is that which leads many
persons to send requests that their let
ters be forwarded to the new addresses,
and to append no signature by which
they can be identified. la this file 10
also the letter in which Mrs. Lydia E.
Piukhem offers the postmaster SIC, 900
month for the privilege of having her
name and that Of her patent medicine
appended to the canceling stamps used
in the postoffice. Impecunious persons
apply to the postmaster requesting that
he will assist them in their need. A
DISTRESSED Southerner" sent letter
by a messenger asking for assistance,
on the ground that when he was a Jour
nalist in North Carolina he wrote kind
articles about the New York postoffice.
The author of "a Voyage to and from
the World Jupiter, and TT ,vel through
It," desired to have the postmaster send
him list of wealthy persons to whom
n
prophet and Philosopher" from Mich
Of Christ" complained in a letter with
a comma after each word about 'the
evil-minded, men, at, the, head, of
the, OF, catholick, power, at, the, Ro-
men, empire" Lunatics, one of them
apparently confined in a hospital, have
written religious or philosophic non
sense filling sheet after sheet of fine
writing. A modest correspondent
wrote: "Please send me the price
of game, il you will, and eblige."
A more sensible note in a
coarse hand on a very poor
postal card was: "Please suggest to the
Department that they do not have their
postals made any longer of blottine
paper" Anonymous complaints from
or about clerks and carriers occasional
~ find their place on the crank" file.
A candidate for President-from Ohio,
of course-sent letter to the postmas-
ter inclosing a number of ballots with
the correspondents name printed on
them, "for President of the United
States" The postmaster was requested
to distribute them. A city correspond
ent, who did not sign his name or give
any definite clue to the object Of his in
quiry, wrote: IA packet Of newspapers
did not seem to go down properly when
deposited by me in the lamp post box.
Please see that you Get il" Many let
tiers have been received from young i'm
beetles Of beth sexes requesting that
they be given the names
of persons with whom they can CORES
pond. A correspondent, who gave his
address As that of a physician, said:
Twill you oblioe mo to hand this to
sumo young lady who wants Cores
pondence with a young man with highly
Intellectual and moral accomplish
ments." A young lady whose accom-.
plishments" were not as great, wrote
from Nebraska: "Dir Sir write you to
find out il could have yong jsntel-
man corspondence, a good looking
young man." Poets with unreliable
stanzas, "cranks" who want to convert
the world. authors who want to sell
their books, and beRgars with pitiful
stories, fill ont the records OF the fecu-
liar correspondents Of the postmaster.
Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1883-08-10

PHILADELPHIA, August S.-The Tunes
publishes three column and a half
Communication from jefferson Davis on
the public utterances of Judge Jeremiah
:. Black, under the title of Secession
Secrets. He pronounces Blacks asser-
tons that he tried to coax Buchanan to
order the evacuation of Fort Sumter
with a view to prepare the way for Sc
cession Us utterly. If Unnecessarily. false.
be argues that the site of Fort sumter
had been ceded for the defense OF
Charleston harbor, and was held sub
jected to the laws and policy of the
Southern States. He SAYS the pacific
policy of compliance with the applica-
ton Of South Carolina for the with
drava OF the garrison from Fort Sum-
ter, which Judge Black endeavors to dis
credit by ascribing to its advocates sin
lister motives, was not, as be presents Ii,
confined to southern men. Among those
who favored the withdrawal Of the
garrison he names Stephen A. Douglas
and General Scott. He prints letter
addressed to the Adjutant General BY
Major Anderson, who was commander
at Fort Sumter, in which the latter ex-
presses surprise that he is ordered 10
prepare Tor hostile operations, and says
TIE movement was made when the
south had been enormously informed
that none such would be ATTEMPTED,
and would "producs the most disastrous
results throughout our country. We
shall strive to do our duty, though j
frankly say that my heart is not in this
war, which see is be thus commenced"
Davis closes as follows: when it shall
no longer be popular to have inyesti-