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The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29
Dakota Religious Items.

"a Jamestown will have six very
good church edifices ready for use
the coming winter.
The corner stone Of the new Epis-
copal church at Jamestown was laid
Monday. Bishop Walker conducted
the ceremonies.
A rather gaily dressed young lady
asked her Sunday-school class:
"What is meant by the pomps and
vanities Of the world?" The answer
was honest, but rather unexpected:
"Them flowers in your hat"
Howard Farmers We admire the
man who fills a pulpit and dares to
preach the truth. On Sabbath last
Rev. Winlnill, of the NJ E. church
Of this city, evinced in his sermon a
degree of independence SO COM
mendable as to be worthy Of especial
note. He went right to the root of
ia burning disgrace that exists in
our midst; and because not few of
his hearers WINGED under the lash so
freely applied, so much greater was
the need of a sermon that truthfully
exposed the "dens of infamy" that
exist in OH midst and are winked
at by meIWho pretend better things.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29
1883, $69,155,9O9. 1t has nearly
doubled in wealth in two years.

1883, 500, ,155,9O9. 1t has nearly
doubled in wealth in two years.
Sugar cane has been successfully
raised in Dickey county this year.
Judge Edgerton has made Sanboru
county a judicial subdiv ision, and
terms 6teourt will hereafter be held
at the county seat.
1t is expected that 10000 visitors
will be present at the soldiers and
sailors reunion on the 9th, 10th, and
11th of September at Yankton.
A horse thief got in his work at
Springfield the other day by walking
off with horse that was hitched in
the street, but was arrested by, the
Indian police while crossing the res
ervation. 4. i. r
The territorial beard ofequaliza-
tion has just finished its labors.
The increase in, the total assessment
of the territory is this year $1O,O0O,-
600 more than last, nOtwithstand-
ing the fact that the assessors uni
versally placed a lower valuation
upon all property. At the same
ratio Of valuation adopted last year.
the total assessmene this year, in
stead Of $50. .00O, 900, ,wonld have
been 800, 900, 900. i. 8S5 80
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29

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mat bs Nas convincad ~ ,l ths ltr.,fs, s.ati,
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wor,id nut doun tha;r IN : . 1,as IA. IN III !
remaindar This they. ~ - nncs ,,.s
agreed 70 Tho monay ,ua. .,,h nh
scrihad an the snot ami thara ~ ~
55n,,ht that an arct;c , axned;t;on - 81, W !
der MaiviIla,s commang ,viil. ssII
B from an Amar,can mort In: tha faiJ IL
18S5 Iiemt Meiiyilla will nhta;n @
leave Of ahsencas from tba nav with.
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Granite Falls Journal; Two
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29
From TheN

From TheH
Breckenridge Gazette, is.
Peter Hanson intends building a
new residence OH 5th streeth at an
early date.
Mrs. G. j. Glazier started for Rich
land Ceutre, Wis, Wednesday even
ing to visit her parents. She will be
gone some time.
c. J. Fiaher, the popular depot
agent for the NJ. & NJ. r. r. at this
place, spent last Sunday and Mon
day visiting his people at st. Paul,
returning Tuesday morning, accom-
panied BY his sister, Miss Luella,
who visited Breckenridge last spring
and was SO well pleased with our
place and people, decided to make
another visit during a more favor
able season. We are pleased to- see
the young lady and hope she will
have a pleasant time while among
MS. ss' ~
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29

1 Indianapolis, 22.-Dan Voorhees,
will defend Editor Shoemaker of the
Sentinel in the Blaine libel suit.
Mr.. Shoemaker says that he will in
sist on the presence of Mrs. Blaine
at the trial, as well as Mr.. Blaine.
Senator Harrison, Blaine's attorney.
said to-day that the prosecution will
be unable to take further steps till
the defense has fled and answered
the complaint, for which itis al
lowed fifteen days.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29
made Happy, and the two cannot be
separated with impunity.n

made Happy, and The two cannot be
separated with impunity
Let us be satisfied with Gods
plan for.saying the world, and not
try to help him by any false meth
DDS: There is q limit TO our own re-
sponsibility The burden Of the
world, d,sevif does not all rest on our
shoulders. let us calmly wait on
;gGOl,s and check orr foolish impa-
tlence. Then why be cast down in
despair that truth does not conquer
in g day Why not look out upon
.lifes drama with cheerful content,
knowing that God rules and that he
Will order all things wellP Looking
the darkest facts fairly in the face
our supreme question should be,
aLord what wouldst thou have me
to doW Faithfully doing this, the
spirit may calmly rest, undisturbed
BY the world confusion. Cheerful
~ accepting all duties and difficult
ties, contented with life's privilege,
with the divine treatment Of us
here and the heavenly hope of the
life tocome, we shall climb the ce-
lestial submits with songs Of joy
R. r. Sfippen.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29

Fargo Republican, 25: A young
woman was caught on the streets
last night masquerading in nmale at
tire, and was subj jected to the humil-
iation Of having to explain her. con-
duct to the police. She was a girl
of good character, who had conc ely
ed theaidea Of indulging in what size
considered an innocent escapade,
."just for the fun of the thing.' It
is said that others of her sex, who
could not plead youth in extenua-
tion of their conduct, have been
seen parading the streets at night
in similar garb. 1t may not be
known to them that there is stat
ute prohibiting such masquerading,
but such is the fact, and those who
may hereafter be tempted to.indulge
in it would do well, before doing so;
toweigh the chances of detection
and arrest
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29
Dakota.

(. Sioux Falls has two new cigar
factories.
.Mandan is to have acomplete fire
alarm system. -
Bismarck people payss$l5,oOO a
year for water hauled fromtthe river
in barrels.
A rusty gun and the skeleton of
q man were recently found near
New Rockford.
. Buffalo fish are so thick in the
Sioux river that they can be scooped
out with a shovel.
Mayor Yerxa, of Fargo, has late
ly married the divorced wife of Win
Hall, formerly of the Fargo Repub-
lican. '
Anna Tildman, IA years old living
near Grafton, accidentally shot her
self dead with her brothers shotgun
Monday.
|. Valley City Times: Travelling
men go from Sioux City, Iowa, over
to Yankton, to spend Sunday. Pro-
hibition does it.
Mr.. Warren is shipping $4,000
bushels of,wheat from the Grandin
elevator, Of last years crop, to make
room for the new crop.
j Mr.. F. NJ. Bisb, while oiling
shaft; in the Goose River mills at
Caledonia, Slipped and fell between
two revolving cog wheels and was.
instantly killed.
The First National bank of Lari-
more, the stockholders of which or
ganized and established the Nelson
County bank at Lakota, have sold
the latter institution to F. J. Kane,
George Martin, and Mowbray S.
NOrthcote, who will increase the
capital to 100000.
There will be a firemen's tourna-
ment at Fargo sometime during the
month Of September. All fire com
'panies in the territory will receive
invitations. At the time it is sug-
gested by the leading firemen that a
competitive drill for Dakota militia
be appointed to take place at the
same date and place.
What is termed the chad lands'
Of Dakota west of the Missouri
river, is turning out to be an Edo
RADIO for stock raising. There is
now 10000 head Of stock in that
country valued at a million dollars.
The country furnishes ample, and
not above two per cent Of the stock
has been lost from all causes. @
Business of the Fargo land office
for the week ending August 90:
Homesteads, z filings, 1,12O acres;
tree claims, filings, 800 acres; de-
claratory statements, 8 filings, 1880
acres; soldiers declaratorY state
ments, none; final proofs, IS filings,
10, 400: Totals, IS filings, 1860
acres. Total cash receipts, $l3,803,-
80. Contest cases, IL.
Bismarck Trib: It was expected
that the total valuation of Dakota
would reach nearly 81 lOO, ,OOO, 900 this
year. It will be something over
&80, GOO, 600. All but three or, four
counties have reported to the audi
tor and the figures are now $79. .205,-
O9O. Property throughout the ter
lritory was assessed upon much
Hover valuation this year than last.
iIfs II had been tile same. the figures
would dslAye been siderably over
f910Q,Q G000. The astonishing de-
|selopment Of Dakota is shown by
u. i
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29
Wisdom Condensed.

Mark this we'll, ye proud men Of
action. Ye are, after all, nothing
but unconscious instruments Of the
men of thought.
No state can be more destitute
than that of person, who, when
the delights of sense forsake him,
has no pleasures of the mind.
Thinkers are as scarce as gold;
but he whose thought embraces all
his subject, who pursues it .uninter-
ruptedly and fearless of consequent
ces, is diamond of enormous size.
What we call health in the body
is a very fair analogical interpretSl
tion of what we call religion. RSs
ligion is to the soul what the organs
of man are to thsbody.-[ Beecher.
The best thing to give to your en-
emy is forgiveness. to an opponent,
tolerance; to a friend, your heart;
to your child, good example; to a
father. deferance; to your mother,
conduct that will make her proud of
you; to yourself, respect; to all
men charity.
Ifaman would say to me, "You
must not drinks I would drink as a
testing of my liberty. stand up
here for mems liberty of conscience.
There is in this world such a thing
as charity. A great many men are
charitable, and give extensively to
every religion. These men have no
religion, but each has a conscience
for himself Beecher.
The busy man who turns to enjoy
nature in ride or a sail, or art in a
picture gallery, or human life in
some new scene, will be more, not
less, refreshed if he can bring a
healthy and well trained mind to 'ex-
anime, appreciate, and understand
the objects around him. Much Of
the failure of vacations and tile dis
appointment of leisure comes from
the habit Of giving the mind only to
one subject.
All things have some kind Of a
standard by whichNtheir worth is to
be measured. do mot esteem a
ship to be good becau use it is curious.
|ly carved, painted and gilded, but
because lis fitted for all the pur-
|poses Of navigation; which is the
proper use Of . ship. It; should be
likewise in our esteem OF men, who
are not so much to be valued for
their titles or the grandeur of their
estates as for their inward goodness
and excellence.
The parent or teacher may COM
mand, or exhort, or restrain, or adj
wise in the wisest way; but, if the
constant influence Of companionship
or books or occupations. or amuse.
ments work in the opposite direction,
it will be labor thrown away, The
rules Of grammar learned ever SO
thoroughly. will never .counteract
the effect Of constant association
with those who speak incorrectly,
NOR will the most assiduous exhorta.
stion against frivolity avaifanything
against the general tone of frivo-
lous society. sst
l ItShas been the fashion to separate
|shand-Work from Ilead-work, ais il tile
1.-two were Incompatible. One was
for laborers and mechanics, the other
for prof fessi0nal and literary people;
lone was for the poor, the other FOR
1.-The riclI. But sMDs arc Rradually
tleafning that their harmoni Gus
Ia sthasnnlv meanE NJ tl1o mo.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29
! News Notes.

u ,rhe o Orchestrion Hall, owned BY
Osdkr Barquist of Grand Forks, was
burned to the ground Sunday even
Ing, loss "a, 400. The orchestrion
was valued at $4,000. All fully in
$sured. 3s..s,
La Crosse, 226. Miss Dora Hull
hart was found dead in her room ut
the International Hotel in this city
this morning aith a bullet hole in
her head, having committed suicide.
NO cause is, assigned. She came
from hester. ! MINI.
NJ ss sssarg INT County Teller: "Work on
the idlandvwill be commenced inn
nediatef Such has been the
Sweekty ScrS f9n eighteen months.
,Eha Midland asa busted air castle
:50sfaf St6e, next two or three years
sare cpn6arhe &, and the great '.organs
0f the people night Just as we'll
stop lying bout it.s 33sS,sSs,,
Col. r. Donan. the ..sflver-tongued
orator Of Dakota, y has been invited
sbyt the sRep1bl blieRn Nationalc lcommit-
tee to stump Maine, Ohio, West
Virginia, and INDIANA. Other en-
gagements preclude his going to
Maine, but he has accepted for the
other states and will first open his
budget in Ohio. In the meantime
his friends are talking him up as a
delegate to congress from Dakota.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29

Inter Ocean: Maria Halpin is not
helpin' CleyelahAs cause to any
considerable extent. Women should
not come into politics.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29

Thomas Schlai, a Bohemian resid-
ing near Medford, Wis.,, whose two
little children were stolen by. Gyp-
sizes on the 25th Of April last, an ac-
count of which was published in the
Pioneer Press shortly after the s,oc-
.curence, was in st. Paul yesterday,
and left for Faribau1t in the evens
ing. He was informed by letter
from Faribault that a band Of Gyp-
sizes camped about near there had a
little girl answering the description
Of the one stolen, and he goes there
with tile, hopeo finding his child.
The child in the camp is about seven
years old. has light hair, and is evil
IDENTIFY not q Gypsy. About a month
ago itswas,srepor ted to: the ST.: Paul
police that q band Of G Gypsies camped
about three miles from the city had
two children answering the deserip-
tion Of those stolen, but an investis
CATION proved thesreport to be un-
strue. The father has, so far been
0nable to find any reliable trace Of
his hildrens and goes ito Faribault
switlt 3ittle hope sof sue ceedin in his
.ssxfcf Annie, thes litt 3 frl ;swas
about seven years old, and SFtank,
the hoy, was about sixs;:; Each had
light shair. blue eyes ana could speak
some English.; 'is5s sssSs
~ P6flade lphia, The New NE. s. i ork
Yact club of which . amss sory1on
Bennett, Jay Gould, and Cyrus w.
Field are inembers, ntertaineel
the Greely relief sxpedi dition at din.
sner q few days ago. Chief Engineer
/ IMsiville, aof this city made q long
speech, in which he set forth tie
feaaibility ot sett u ii gs once fo5F al
the question 0f an open arctic sea,
md that. too without loss 81 life.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29

a meteor was seen In New York
the other night whose brilliancy,
lasted for five nainutes. It was
Cleyeland's IS record dsaa q reform.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29

Grand Forks, %: Last night,.s sev-
en- miles south of here, on the farm
of Thomas Nelson, an: attempt was
made by two men to steal three
horses from the stable, which was
resisted by a hired man, Ole Ness
land. The thieves were mounted
when he fired on them with a revol.
yer, wounding one severely. They
returned the fire, putting two bull
lets through his hat. but not hurt
ing him.. Both the thieves escaped
to the the woods, leaving the horses,
The sheriffs of Grand Forks and
Peck county, .Minn., and the city
marshal wenS out to hunt for the
thieves to day.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1884-08-29

The one Hundredth anniversary Of
the organization of the Methodist
Episcopal church in America, takes
place in Baltimore on the 9th Of
next December; and will be one of
the greatest religious events ever
witnessed in this country. The
5memb bershiKhas grown form 14,988
to 1903, ,724; the number of it's
preaceers from 80 to 25,839, it's
churches from S 4 to so, 600, with a
cash valuation of 0,000,000;
while in addition to this has built
258. institutions of learning, and it
has now in foreign fields nearly 500
missionaries, who are supported at
an annual cost Of considerably over
$500, 600. y ,.,.ss ;S!.5ssS
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-21
DE Gross on Cremation.

Some time since the late DR.. Sam
uel d. Gross, whose body has just
been cremated, published a mono,
graph on the disposition of dead
bodies. in which occurs the follow
ing:
IF people could see the human
body after the process of decomposi-
ton seats in, which is as soon as
the vital spark ceases to exist, they
would not want to be buried they
would be in favor of cremation.
Burying the human body | think Is
a horrible thing. Ifmore was known
about the human frame while un-
dergoing decomposition people
would turn with horror from the
custom of burying their dead. 1t
sometimes takes a human body our
60, so years-yes, longer than that
decay. Think of it. The remains
of a friend lying under six feet OF
ground. or less, for that length ol
time, going through slow stages ol
decay. and other bodies all this time
being buried around these remains
Think Of thousands of such bodies
being crowded into a few acres OF
ground. and then reflect that these
graves, or many Of them, In time III
with water, and that water perco-
lates through the ground and mixed
with the springs, and wells, and nv
ers from which we drink. Why, Il
people knew what physicians know
what they have learned in the dis
secting rcom, they would look upon
burning the human body as a beau
tiful act in comparison with bury
| ing il. There is something eminent
! ly repulsive to nae about the idea o
llaving a few feet underground for
century, or perhaps two centurle
going through the process OF decom
position.
"When ! die | want my body t.
be burned.
ANY unpreiudiced mind need
/ but lttle time TO reflect IN forming
a conclusion as to which is the bel
ter method of disposing Of the body
/ Common sense and reason proclaim
in favor of cremation.
"Tbere is no reason for keeping u
the burial custom, but there ar
many against it, some OF the mos
practical of which are toe recent
developed to need mention.
There is nothing repulsive IN tn
idea of cremetion. Peoples preJu
dices are the only opponent 1t ha
l If they could be awakened to sens
of the horror of crowding Thousand
of bodies under the ground TO po
lutte in many inrtances the air "
breathe and the water we drinI
their prejudices would be oyercom
and cremation would be taken i'
what it truly is, beautiful metho
of disposing of the body"
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-21
Kissed the Governors Wife.

Senator Vance is very popular
man among his fellow Senators. and
he can tell more good stories than
any of them. He likes a Joke. and
North Carolina is full of the eviden-
ces of his propensities in this direc-
ton. One day when he was Govern
or of the State il is said that he was
riding on horseback along a road
about ten miles from the capital,
when a stranger overlook him. The
two men fell into conversation, and
the stranger told Vance be had been
to Raleigh to see the Governor, and
that he had called at his house
but that he did not find him a,
home.
Did you see the Governors wife?'
said Vance.
Yes" was the reply.
And did you not kiss her?n
The man, very much astonished
replied:
NO, out she was very pretty
and | should have liked nothin,
better
Well, I've kissed her." continued
Vance, land never meet her bu
that | do So" And thereupon, al
ter enjoying the mans astonishmen
for a moment, he told him that b,
was the Governor.-Cor. Clerelan,
Leader.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-21
The Duration Of Sleep.

Let us briefly allude to the dura-
ton of sleep-how in some cases a
few hours will suffice, and in others
a longer period is needed. DR.. Keid,
the metaphysician, could work tor
two days without a break. if he got
one sound sleep after full meal If
the stories about Lore Brougham are
true he could w0rk on less sleep than
most people require. Frederic kthe
Great and John Hunter required only
five hours sleep; but it must not be
supposed that because men with ex-
ceptionally powerfully nervous or.
carnations can dispense with the
normal quantity of sleep it would be
safe for everybody to follow their
example. Tie sleep of the heart
which we have seen to amount to
eight hours out of the twenty-four
is fair indication of the quantity
of sleep which on an average ought
to he allowed TO the brain. As Sir
Thomas Browne, the learned knight
of Norwich, hath it: Half our day:
We pass in the shadow of the earth
and the brother of death extractett
a third part of our lives. ."-Scienc,
for Al.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-21
MADE ON PURPOSE.
(Which are More Frequent
than Profitable.

Why. nv child. this Is not BEN
SONS CAPCINE POROUS PLAS-
TER" said a father to his little
daughter. after examining a package
she had just brought from the drug
store.
Isn't it, Papa? I'm sorry, but l
asked the man for Bensons-I
KNOW | did, and he took the TWEEN
ty-fve cents you gave me to pay for
it with, " exclaimed the child, posi-
lively. Maybe the drug man made
mistake"
III 90 round myself and SEE,
was the gentleman's comment, as
he dOnned his coat and hat.
Why didn't you send me Ben
sons plaster instead OF Ibis cheap
and trashy thing p
why, IL thought that would
suit You just as well, and"
You thought You thought
What business han you to think
l don't pay you for thinking, but
/ for filing my order" said the indig-
nant caller, contemptuou>ly There
Take that thing back aud give me
my money. I'll get what | want
elsewhere" 514
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1884-05-21
Hanged by a Mob.

RALEIGH. May S-Henry Swain,
the negro. who. last Monday morn
ing. murdered Mrs Reed at Waugh
ton, near Winston, and has since
been in Jail at the latter place, was
taken from the Jail at two o'clock
this morning bv large party of
masked men and hanged. He con-
fessei the perpetration of the crime,
which he declared was for the pur-
pose of robbery. The murdered wo-
man was GA years of age.