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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09

The scheme of a federal postal tele-
graph system has come to the front
again, and it is quite certain that bill
will be introduced at the next session of
Congress fol-, its establishment.sf Senator
Edmunds, who avors the system, in q
late interview said: "What the United
States needs more than anything else, is
the construction of postal telegraph,
beginning moderately between great
points in the country and all intermediate
points and then extending it, just as we
have the mail system, as the needs of
the community and fair economy would
require. until every postofice in the
country should have, or be within i'm
mediate reach of, postal telegraph.
That is what ought to be done within a
few years, beyond all question. Senator
Edmunds and other friends of the posta-
telegraph, does not favor buying out
any telegraph company, but wants the
government to build its own lines. On
this point, Senator Sherman says: ''The
government might duplicate all the wires
and all the means of transportation by
electricity for about $40, OOO, 900 or $685.
100000, yet there is now levied upon the
people of the United States over $1O,-
100000 a year for telegraph purposes.
This sum could be saved to the people
if the government established a postal
Telegraph"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09
Funny FancieS.

Four boxes govern the world the
:artridge-box, the ot-box, the jury
box, and the ban1-box.
"Look heah, Thomas jefferson" dis
heah's a nice time TO- you to be gettin'
home" growled Amt Polly, as her boy
came in along after midnight. go
g'long" retorted Thomas. "Yoo dunno
muffin Habin' 70 nebber hearn dat
de darkey's hour is jes' befo' day?"
Scene: An humble country hotel.
Male guest-''Pd like to be called at four
tomorrow morning. I'm going fishing g.,
Male guest (deliberately")-."1 am going
W wishea to o- be called earlynot later
than four" Female domestic (stolid-
ly) "Will you ring?"-Life.
"You can't add different things" said
school teacher. ''If you add sheep
and COW together, it does not make
two sheep and two cows" A little boy.
the son Of milkman, held up his hand
and said: THAT may do with sheep or
cows, but if you add quart of water to
a quart of milk, it makes two quarts of
milk. I've seen it tried"
*'Your daughter graduates this month
Mr.. Thistlepod?, eyes, she'll be home
about the Goth, I reckon" "And your
son graduates also?" "Oh, yes; he'll
come home about the same time"
"And what are they going to do?''
SWELL" said the old man thoughtfully,
II don't know just exactly what they
want to drive &C, but Marthy she writes
that she wants to continue her art
studies on the continent, so l think I'll
just send her to Greece in the dairy and
let her do little plain modelling in but
ter, and Sam he says he's got to 90
abroad and polish up a little, and as
good luck will have it, he'll be homein
time to spread himself OH the grind
stone and put an edge on the cradle
blades against the wheat harvest" And
the old man smiled to think that he
hadn't thrown money away when he
sent his children. to school.-Hawkeye.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09

The impression prevails that beer
drinking in the United States is decreas.
ing, but such is not the fact. From the
statistics of beer as furnished by the of.
fetal organ Of the brewing interests in
the United States, suggestive facts may
be cleaned. In the first place it is evil
ident that the consumption of beer in
this country is on the increase. The
sale for the twelve months ending Nav
l, this year reached the enormous az.
gregate of 37:s32,14l gallons, being
m increase of %, 723, 1906 gallons over the
preceding twelve months, or not much
below 4l-2 per cent. In ten states and
territories there was decrease in the
year, but to no great extent. It is note
worthy that most of the falling off was
in the south. In FIVE states and terrific.
ries n beer is brewed.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09
Approaching Crisis at Rat Portage.

Affairs in Rat Portage are assuming threat
ening attitude. Tuesday two policemen, en-
ployed by the Mauitoba government, were ar
rested by the Ontario police, and an outbreak
is hourly expected, as the Ontario authorities
threaten to raid the Manitoba Jail and release
the prisoners. If this is done there will surely
be collision, as the Manitoba government is
bound to protect Its interests there, and the
Ontario police have secured, Ill the event Of a
row, the promise Of seventy-tive men who are
employed in the saw mills. A deputation from
Rat Portage waited on the government here to-
day, and urged immediate action to protect
property and other interests in tho town, and
Norquay promised it Immediately. Twelve
special police were sworn in here tonight and
will be sent out with the provincial chief Of
police in the morning to keep the peace.
Norquay promised that if the measures he
took we're not effective, he would solicit aid
from the Dominion government and have a
detachment Of mounted police sent out to Rat
Portage to maintain peace. Excitement here
runs very high. The settlement of the trouble
will doubtless involve the settlement of the
much vexed question of the boundary award.
It is stated that the Ontario party has bribed .
crowd Of loafers around town to take sides in
their favor Should a crisis come there ie
bound to ID a speedy conflict of power, as
the Ontario officials have orders to arrest all
ether police caught interfering in any way in
affaira
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09
Land ONCE Fees.

CIRCULAR FROM COMMISSIONER M'FARLAND.
WASHINGTON, Special Telegram, July 81. =
Tho commissioner of the general land Office
has issued q circular TO registers and receivers
explaining the provisions of the act of the last
session of congress in relation to fees for re-
ducng testimony to writing. In computing
the fees for reducing testimony to writing the
words actually written by regieters and re-
ceivers or persons in their employ only must
be charged for at the rates allowed by para
graphs 10, IL, and ~, of Sec 1888, Revised
Statutes and no charge is to be made for the
printed words. There can be no uniform fee
Of specified sum applicable to every case of
the same class of entries. The commissioner
prescribes the following fees:
For diagram showing entries only, 81: for q
township plat showing entries. names Of claimants,
and character Of entry, 81: for q township plat
showing entries names Of claimants. character of
entry and number. SO: for township plat show
ing entries. names of claimants. character Of entry
number and Gate Of filing or entry, together with
Topography. etc; 81. The register and receiver
and approving testimony given before the Judge or
clerk of court in final homesteads AZ are now
allowed by law for taking. the same. Registers
any moneys whatever, except such !: r reportsd
by the receivers as salary, fees and commissions,
and the fee Of ST. they are especially entitled to
emption homesteads and timber culture entries
under the act Of May IA, 1880. All moneys re-
ceived for services rendered by either registers
receivers under the act Of March 3, 1883, are to
be paid to the receiver, who will pay tho register
his portion thereof. Should any money be for.
warded to the register, or paid to him, he will Ut
once pay over the same to the receiver, and whom
parties address the register - to tho cost OF any
service required he will refer tho matter to the re
ceiver.
Prior to the act Of March last all fees were
reported and accounted for by receivera The
effect Of the change will be TO give officers that
were maximum . good deal more compensa-
ton than they were receiving before, while it
will not benefit officers that were not maximum,
for the reason that officers that were
maximum before got $1,000 and now
they will get fees in excess Of
this. On the other hand, officers not maximum
will get direct from the parties paying the
same fees they formerly reported End received
notably those in Dakota. the fees Of the local
officers will be considerably increased Among
the officers benefited by the new law arc
those at Huron, where the fees the officers will
be authorized to retain will amount 70 at least
So, 900: and at Watertown, whore they will
amount to over $4,000. Ip Minnesota, whore
the Offices are not 80 large, the increase Of
compensation, if there is any. viii bs lees. -.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09
The Failure of Ditman's Bank at
- Monticello.

Monticello Wright Coy Times: Since
the sheriff took possession of the bank and
contents it is not any more accommodating
than before. The citizens aud business
men speak sarcastic, perhaps-of the great
convenience of having bank in town, and
tell each other about the amount of money
which the extreme good management of
that institution is relieving them from tax
ing care of. It is now generally conceded
that the principal way the bank was IT.
clined to accommodate the public was SIM
ply BY taking care of their money. The
following are depositors::
Chas Janney.$s6o 90 is. P. Marlette..$2oo oo
A. F. Barker. 514 90 Kreis & Adams $50 OC
John Luthy... $50 90 Cong tiohals'y 100 0O
VIM. Tubbs... $50 90 G w Mcdonald 106 II
Mrs. L Labo.. $50 90 n. w Brookins 800 0(
R. B. Kries... 24O 90 J. Brueshabler 100 OC
J. Swain ...:. =: so 90 Holler & Name $50 OC
T. G. kealey, J. II. McCord, George Gray
Henry Hitter, Miss L. Waters and Others
have small balances in the bank.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09
Praying and Hanging Bee.

A Richmond (va.) Special of the Sd says
Charles Henry Lee, colored, was hanged
to-day for the murder of Daniel Miller, an
other colored man, in Henrico county last
February: During his confinement he pro-
5feased religion and was baptised. Last
evening, at his request, q, prayer meeting
was held in his cell which lasted until mid
night. At this morning another prayer
meeting began, lasting until il. This was
participated in by about twenty-five people,
and, the prisoner's& paramount, Barbara
Miller, under sentence of death for par
ticipation in Lees crime. Barbara again
visited Lees cell, and assisted him in put.
ting on q pair Of white gloves she bought
for him to wear on his journey to New Jer-
usalem. She then kissed him, and was re-
moved from the cell. At the scafold there
was another prayer meeting and preaching
Lee also made an address advising all not
to be led off into wickedness as he had
been, and those who had children to ''raise'
them so they would not fall from grace
he thanked God he had time to prepare
himself. He now felt that he was fit tt
die. His death was speedy one. Befor,
the body was cut down the sheriff mounted
the sca6old and informed the crowd in tn
yard that collection would be taken tt
enable the parents of Lee to remove tn,
body to their home, Some of the 5000
people outside the jailyard seized long lad
ders reaching to the top of the prison wall
and were thus enabled to have full view
of the execution. *,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09

It is said that last spring corner
was attempted by combination OF New
York and Boston butter dealers. Agents
were sent through the West, and all the
butter obtainable purchased at an ay-
erage price of q cents. About lO, 600, 900
pounds we're accordingly placed in cold
storage at Chicago, and then the spec
ulators waited patiently for the rise
which they were sure would follow as a
matter of course. But owing to plenty
of rain and continued rich grass the
COWS failed to shrink in their production
during July, and the price was thereby
kept at q lower figure than ordinary
Now the butter combination finds itself
compelled TO unload at IL and Ii cents
while JEne butter sells at 10 and 20 in
the Chicago market.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09

This is not the safest season during
which rags may be imported from Egypt.
Yet several vessels are now their way
from Europe laden with rags purchased
in Egypt making for Boston and New
York and other Atlantic ports. The
health authorities have been notified
and these flthyccargoes will be watched
accordingly.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09


nave seen 1t, we Know Its future mus. DO .
succession Of wonderful Developments.
Back to Bozeman we shoot and branch OF to
the west thirty-two miles TIL Bed Bluff looms
M. and here we see white haired old man
who owns half dozen mines: They are all
gold quartz mines We note one
With q shaft four feet square, 1874
feet deep; on : true assure vein.
The quartz is free milling and goes 1856 to
the ton. Twenty similar good mines are in
sight, and it makes poor man tired to soc
what few thousand dollars invested IN
smelter or mill would do for him in few
years.
the future will be bright. This country
will turn out $40, OOO,OOO annually
then to find that ali the best paying mines
have in some way gotten their own sme!ters
and mills. The miners will then snap then
On their knees and beg to smelt their ore for
them at half it's value.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09

The old theory that labor is q comnod.
ity to be bought and sold at the lowest
cash prices irrespective of the HUMANE
y from which labor cannot be dissev-
cred, is beginning to be discarded by
political economists. Gen. Walker, late
superintendent of the census, and other
writer's now take another and more hui
name view of the subject. It IL demon
strated that labor is possessed of an organ.
izing faculty and power of resistance,
and it is argued that combinations of Ia
Dor are to be tolerated 80 long as dam
gerous combinations of capital are per.
mitte2 and even authorized by law.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09
-, James and tho Pears

'JAmeaI" ~ sEs~-----
''Yes. pa" - j. -. .5..y " .
''There were seven California pears in tia,
cupboard Six Of them are gone Do you
know anything about it," :, Z:
M Il never took one Of them. -
= ttSure?" EsE5S5-s5 - -:
Certain pa Wish may die, if--'' ~. -. Us.
'You wicked, bad boy; how often have I
told you never to use suoA an expression. Here
comes ma; let rs see II she knows anything
about it - 49,
Mamma says; she saw james taks at least
dve Of them.
'.You little rascall How dare You tsll mo;
you newer took one. and hers's only this little
one with She grub eaten side left r. e
ooh, pa, don't hit ma I5said / didn't taks
eps Of them and ND and thaes ths one
didn't take. = u 81
81 Ps yslsnted
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09

It is noticeable that almost the only
papers in the country which has seri-
ously sympathized with or supported the
Western Union in its struggle with the
Striking operators, are the organs oil
large capitalists or great corporations
These papers are almost without excep.
ton nearly powerless to influence pub.
lie opinion or secure a wide constituent.
cy, and they are constantly dragged
down by their known sensitiveness in
the pocket nerve. To be successful, 8
newspapers opinions must pass among
intelligent people as the honest views o,
honest men or one honest man.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09
PITH Oh THE NEWS.
EVENTS IN WASHINGTON,


The effect of the new tariff law upon Gus
toms's receipts appeared from the compare
tive figures of the lhrst half OF July 1883,
with those for 1882, to have been to largely
increase the amount. The result was ap-
ters had held back for the lower duties
which were imposed under the new law.
The fghfes for the whole month show an
increase over the last year, the imports for
July, 1882. being $40 CSC, 656, and those For
July, 1885, $40, 9O9, 282, an aMnlal rate OF
increase of$1, 60s, $40, il Sustained in other
months.
Henry Sherwood of Michigan, who has
been appointed assistant postmaster of the
city postoffioe by Postmaster Conger, en-
tered upon his duties. Mr.. Sher-
wood is at present postmaster Of the post
offices of the house of representatives, hay
ing been unanimously elected at the begin
ming sf the Forty:seventh congress. Mr..
Sherwood serVed during the war in the
Forty eieth Michigan cavalry, being mem
Der OF the famous Company @, which cap"
tnred JEFF Davis.
The following postof'ces have been COM
missioned: Wisconsin, Bernard Casper,
New Berlin. Iowa: William E. Ebon, Clio.
Dakota: Charles n. Atkins, lakewood.
PostoEices Establ,shed-Dakota: Colgate,
Steele county; Marmon, Martin county.
Postohices Discon.inued-Dakota: Her:
mann, Pennington county. Montana;
Hughville. Meagher cohnty.
The coinage Of standard silver dollars dur.
ing August will amount to 1850, 900, total
coined at the different minis as follows
Philadelphia, 1,04O,O 900; San Francisco, co..
coo; New Orleans, coz, 600; Carson City. 1OO,.
600. The condition of the treasury to-day
is as follows: Gold coin and bullion, 1907.
900, $40.
The treasury cattle commission in thei,
report say that, after examining all the
great stockyards and feeding stables from
Kansas City, Council Bluffs and Omaha tt
the seaDoard, they have been unable to fine
single case of foot and mouth diseas,
complained Of
Col. Guido Ilges, eighteenth infantry, ha.
been directed to return to his station Al
| Fort Assinniboine, M. T., and remain Their
| in arrest pending the PRONUNCIATION OF tn
proceedings of the general court-martial i,
his case.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09
jaw Gould on the Strike,

+; New York, Special: The strike now
seems to- have settled down to question of
endurance. Mr. Gould outlined his plan in
his statement to friend while talking of
the situation. He said the present strike
was but skirmish line in the fact which
has been projected by the Knights of Labor
of which the brotherhood is a branch.
Every corporation, III: firm, or individual
who employees large numbers of men, is in
terested in seeing this movement defeated,
for they know that its success means the
success Of the Knights of Labor: Owing to
Union cannot and will not give in, no mat
ter what its loss is, or to what Inconvenience
the public is put.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09
The Sioux Sun Dance.

The annual sun dance OF the Sioux Indians
has just occurred at Rosebud Agency about
1000 Indians being present the ceremony
of cutting the pole for the center Of the dane
ing circle was performed Saturday afternoon,
Herpipe, niece of Standing Bear, welding
the Ak, and the charge on the PROSTATE tree
was made by over 1000 young bucks on
ponies On Sunday the brush enclosure was
built, and that evening fifteen Indians entered
and commenced their long dance, having been
fasting four days Yesterday afternoon the
voluntary torture commenced, three men offer
ing themselves. The whole was dreadful
exhibition of physical endurance and savage
barbarity. At 5 o'clock the dance ceased. the
participa nts having jumped up and down,
blowing their whistles. for fifty hours without
food or water. part of the time in the burning
heat Of the sun. Some were SO completely ex-
nausted as to dance on with their eyes closed.
This is probably the last time these crueltes
will be permitted, as q strong effort is being
made BY the government to stop the sun dance
Maj Wright leaves for Washington tomorrow,
and during his absence his SOD, W. Il Wright,
will have charge of the Rosebud agency.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09
NEWS OF THE RAILROADS,


The Milwaukee & st. Paul has issued the
following circular relatSs to the state fair
at Owatonna and the Northwestern indus
trial fair at Minneapolis: alive stock, agri-
cultural implements, machinery and other
articles forwarded for exhibition at the
Minnesota state fair to be held at Owatonna
Sept TO 8, inclusive will be billed at regular
rates and at owners risk of damage, freight
charges to- be paid on delivery 81 the prop
erty 1t Owatonpa. II the property is re-
turned by the original shipper within three
days after the close of the fair, on presenta-
ton of certificate from the secretary, show
ing that it has been on exhibition as above,
AMI has not changed ownership, the sum
paid for transportation to Owatonna will be
refunded by the company's agent, who will
also bill the property free to the forwarding
station. Live stock contracts must be ex-
pected with all shippers tor live stock for
warded to or returned from the fair above
named: A separate way bill must be made
by the forwarding agent for all articles in
tended for exhibition, and notation made
on the face of the same For exhibition at
the Minnesota state fair"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09
az $50. OOOFire ~ McGres,

81 Last Wednesday morning sre broke out
in the row q buildings opposite the post
office &C McGregor, lows, commencing In
the wooden building occupied By Pat
fOBnm assa grocery store. and extending
rapidly to the other buildings to the east
and Mest Of IT and ID .1eW minutes Tho
whole block Was in flames. il. H. ,Brien,s
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09
GENERAL NEWS NOTES.

VENEHAL NEWS NOTES..
It appears that the importation of Rus
sian Jews has proved a sorry failure. About
fifth of the twenty thousand who came
have been sent back. The manager OF the
Hebrew Emigrant Aid society in New Y ork
says a Russian Jew, owing to early mar.
riage and hardship, is an old man at thir-
ty-fve and forty. He comes over here
with big family hanging to him, is dull,
and it is next to impossible to wake him
up and get him to learn or do any thing.
The Italian consulate general at New
York has sent circulars to all italian agen.
cies in the United States, directing them to
start subscribtion lists for the aid of Ischia
sufferers. The fund started by Mr.. De Casa
Ii, editor of LEGO D'Italia. has reached
$317. There are about fifteen Italian socie-
ties in New York.
Only one cloak mandatory holds out in
New York against the strikers. It is the
Manhattan Suit and Cloak company. One
hundred aud twenty four out of 234 outside
contractors have yielded. There are now
having all returned to work at their own
terms.
The body of Senior Barca. Spanish minis.
ter, who blew out his brains in New York,
were sent to Spain recently on the steam
ship Normandie. The widow and daugh-
ter sailed also.
The advance knight who is getting Gin
cinnati ready for the Knights of Lat or con-
venton, says it's no such thing that there
are 1000, 900 of them, but simply $4,000.
Jacksonville, ILL.,, has just closed big
camp meeting at which Harrison, the in
FAINT evangelist, made converts enough to
push his total up to $4,000.
The match game of billiards between slos-
son and Heisler, at Long Branch, closed
after midnight. Heisler was beaten thirty
points.
A negro nfrom North Attleboro to Prov.
idence r. l., thirteen and half miles, with.
out stopping, recently, and won $25 bet.
The insane asylum farm at Columbus
Ohio, raised forty acres of wheat that gave
fifty-four ard one half bushels per acre.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1883-08-09

The watering-places all over the coun-
try are doing slim businessmen owing
altogether to cool weather-but In 4
great measure to a feeling that every
body has been going too fast and of 4
necessity for slowing up. The boom
year was 1862.