Morris tribune., 1883-09-05
Commercial Printing!
THE NEWS CONDENSED.

A writer in the New York Tribune,
describing the new methods of farm
ing in Minnesota, says: "With one
of those cord binders farmer can
draw on his kid gloves in
harvest time, polish his boots, adjust
his lawn cravat, and seating himself
after breakfast in a luxurious spring
seat, take pleasure ride over his
field, and jog home to supper COM
placently rejecting that he leaves be-
hind him some ten acres of clearly
cut and neatly bound grain, all of the
work of his individual self, and with
out mark of perspiration upon his
immaculate shirt BOSOM"
AS soon as the Northern Pacific is
opened to the Pacific it is said that by
connection from Portland to San
Francisco, trains will run from St.
Paul to San Francisco, 200 miles, in
the same time as from Omaha to San
Francisco, or about four days.
Valley City Times +: The largest
farm in the United States is the es-
tate of late DIR. Glenn, of California,
over $4,000 acres. The largest farm in
Dakota is the Grandin farm, near
Grand Forks, covering about $4,000
acres and requiring the labor of lou
men at seed time and $50 at harvest.
The largest cultivated area under one
control is the $4,000 acres farmed by
Oliver Dalrymple, west of Fargo.
The arrivals of emigrants at New
York are increasing. There were y
SOC last week, against 6,6S2 for the
corresponding week last year.
1t is rumored that the II. & D. Ele-
vator Co., will establish wheat buy
er at this place for the coming season.
Benson Times.
Specials recount that Louis Phillips
and Jacob Rosserbrook and two young
men residing near Vandalia, ILL.,, had
duel near that city early Saturday
morning. The wepons used were pis-
tolls, and both were killed at the first
fire. Philips fingered four hours after
being shot.
Chief Justice Waite has nearly re-
covered from the severe fall which he
sustained while travelling with
General Sherman in the West and
will not suffer any permanent ill con-
Coo,,apcoc tborafrOrn
A farmer by the name of Hotchkiss,
living near Redwood Falls has
threshed eighty-five acres, obtaining
an average yield of twenty-nine bush
els to the acre.
Emigration Agent Johnson yester-
day received telegram from New
York announcing the arrival of the
steamer Thingvilla, of the direct
Scandinavian line. She had 400 North.
bound steerage passengers.
Three hundred Iceland immigrants
arrived at the st. Paul Union depot
Yesterday. This is the largest mum.
Der arriving in one day for several
months.
The Milwaukee & ST. Paul is now
completed thirty miles south of Red
field, OAK, and depot buildings will
be erected at that place this week.
Six hundred head of two-year-old
heifers were delivered to the Willard
Cattle company of Mankato at st Paul
on Saturday, and from thence to
Musselshell, Mont. The company
has now over 5000 head on the range
J. M. Butler, son-in-law of Jay
Cooke, is in Duluth in the interest OF
the st. Louis River Water Power
Company. He states that the above
named company will expend 100000
this fall on improvements along the
river between Duluth and Thompson,
and that before another wheat crop Is
harvested mills will be erected and
ready to commence operations.
According to the statistics complied
by the bureau of agriculture for the
Dominion, there has been a very
heavy falling off the wheat crop OF
Canada this season.
The first new wheat received by the
Manitoba road was at Alexandra,
and came from the farm Of III. b.
Wilson, which will average twenty
three bushels to the acre ina go acre
field.
Railway mail service on the North
ern Pacific road has been ordered be-
tween Missoula and Helena, to take
effect next Sunday. This will make
through service from st. Paul to Port
land, Or, distance of 1920 miles.
Dakota Territory is four times as
big as Ohio, and Alaska is four times
as big as Dakota, and the rest of the
United States is four times as big as
Alaska. This is a great country.
The Cities of st. Paul and Minneap-
oils, has each contributed $4,000, to
the Rochester sufferers.
1t is estimated that fully $1,000 peo-
pie persisted by the recent eruptions
and tidal waves in Java, in the Indian
Ocean, the particulars of which will
be found in another column.
President Arthur, in going to the
National Park desired "to climb the
trackless mountain all unseen, hold
converse with Natures charm, and
view her store unrolled;;" that was
the reason why he would have no
hawkeyed newspaper reporter along
he wanted to do it when no one was
looking.
The Supreme Court of Cape Town,
on the southern coast of Africa, has
disallowed the appeal of O'Donnell to
be tried there for the murder of Carey
the informer, and he has been sent to
England for trial. About all an Eng
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