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HE BALLOT BY CANDIDATES.
CONGRATULATIONS.

CONGRATULATIONS.
kilograms came rushing in upon Blaine
almost literally by armfulls Hundreds Of
dispatches followed from all parts Of the
country, from every state in the Union. Fol.
lowing are a few Of the most impressive:
Washington, June 6.-Executive Mansion
Hon. James G. Blaine: As the candidate Of the
Republican party, you will have my earnest and
cordial support. [Signed] CHESTER AARTHUR
Mr.. Blaines reply was:
Hon. Chester A. Arthur, President Of the Uni
ted States, Washington, D. c.. Accept my sin
cere thanks for your cordial assurances.
(Signed.] JAMES G. BLAINE.
Washington, D. c., June 6-To Hon. J. G..
Blaine: I most heartily congratulate you on
your domination. You will be elected.
[Signed] JOHN A. LOGAN.
Mr.. Blaine sent the following dispatch to
Senator Logan:
am proud and honored by being associated
with you in the national CAMPAIGN
[Signed] JAMES G. BLAINE.
Washington, D. c., June 6.-Hon. J. G. Blaine:
Accept congratulations and cordial support.
[Signed.J JAMES r. HAWLEY.
Among others sending congratulatory
speeches are Henry l. Dawes, Ben Harrison,
Murat Halstead and ex-Gov. Cornell
VICE PRESIDENT.
John A. Logan was named for Vice Presi-
dent and receiving ITO votes, his nomination
was made unanimous and the convention ad-
journed sine die
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Chairman Henderson called the convention
and the vast audience to order at 7:3O p. m.
After a little unimportant motions, the Pres
ident said The secretary will now call the
roll of states, and when the name of a state
having candidate to PRESENTS called, the par
ty selected to make the presentation will come
forward and speak. This secretary then pro-
ceeded to call the roll of states, calling Alaba-
necticut, and, when the latter state was called,
Mr.. Brandagee of Connecticut arose, and took
the stand. -
Mr.. Braudagee personally is reduced and
handsomer edition Of ex.Gov: John s Pills
bury. When midway in his speech he named
surprise to every one It was Spontaneous,
exultant continued and renewed more than
once Applause also followed fast on the heels
Of the announcement, IF you will not sup
4 solid nonparel biography vas injected to
the loaded minion by his eulogy, and even as
Boswell he was not dry, but drew forth rounds
of applause, especially when, as was natural,
he referred to the soldierly record Of his candi-
date; After he had spoken eighteen minutes he
partly lost his grip on his hearers and gavel
rapping was necessary, but q few happy SEN
fences and the mention of Gen. Grant gave him
new sway, which was not lost again. Mr.. Brand
agee commenced at nineteen minutes of 8, and
the sun went down on his peroration at four
minutes after 8, the speech having consumed
twenty three minutes.
The decent cheers which babe farewell to
the portly figure of Brandagee had hardly died
away when the secretary, running rapidly
down the list Of states, met an obstruction at
Illinois, which developed in the shape Of q
ramrod like, black-rob bed form, surmounted
by an eagle beak and a rasping voice, sur
rounded by Presbyterian elder sort Of face,
all bearing the name Of Shelby M Cullom,
United States senator.
He made himself heard magnifcently, and
made better impression on the convention
than some better speakers. The applause
evoke just at the right time was judiciously
dlributed among the names Of Lincoln, Grant
ogan-the latter, of course, receiving
measure.
RI 9AA frame work Of the speech was not so dis
Biographical as Brandagee's, and az
re se.smore frequent catch phrases for ap-
- I: Sullo m may be said to have done
bed to second tho
- sq John A. Logan,
hilary Of applause at first,
name was mentioned; and
sidently a. sort Of relief
eall After. that the audience-sadly
~ ttnpoksn--guyed Gen. Prentiss, and, when
hs gOe mixed in his historical selections, iron
lca1gcheers drowned him out He stepped
down, and no one was saddened
Expectation waited for the name of the state
OF Maine, was generously rewarded by such q
clanaorous burst Of sound "a had not been
heard from human threats since the rafters Of
this same building trembled obedient to the
name OF Grant four years ago. There was no
crescendo of applause, but . thunderous crash
that brought delegates, alternates, and report
ers Nto theirsfees in moment The cheers
Ke4a. e diatrlRptea On the door that the silapt
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-06-12

The Scientific American is clearly OF
the opinion that electric light wires
should be buried, because when above
ground they are dangerous to life and
property. This comedies with the pop
ular conclusion. It has been demon
strated scores of times that death and
destruction travel on these wires.
Whatever the cost of putting them there,
the only place for these streaks of light
ming is Under ground.
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State Sunday School Officers.

At the State Sunday School conven.
tion held at Saltwater, the following Of
ficers were elected:
President-Thomas Cochran, Jr., ST.
Paul.
First Vice President-L. w. Camp
bell of Minneapolis.
Second Vice President-R. A. Mott
Faribault
State Secretary-Rev. J. A. McGow-
an, Owatonna.
Financial Secretary-W. o. Jones.
st. Paul.
Treasurer-T. H. Dixon, St. Paul.
State Central Committee-G. B.
Bradbury, chairman, Minneapolis; j.
D. Blake, Minneapolis; M. B. Critchett,
Minneapolis; E. W. Brooks, Red Wing:
Rev. P. B. Fisk, Mortified; J. n.
Parker, Albert Lea; F. V. De Coster,
Litchfeld; G. P. Nichols, Waterford
M. G. Willard, Mankato; Gen. George
G. Smith, L. A. ert, J. H. Randall
and D. w. Ingersoll, St. Paul; Prof.
Jerome Allen, st. Cloud.
The next convention will be held
about July 1, 1885, at Faribault.
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Col. J. O. P. Burnside of Freeport,
ILL.,, a near relative of the late Senator
Burnside of Rhode Island, is charged
with the embezzlement of $4,000,
while discussing officer of the Post
Office department of Washington. It is
the old story OF living beyond his means
having been foolishly extravagant while
receiving only small salary. To keep
up his expensive and imposing style in
society, he needed more money than he
)arned legitimately and then rubbed the
l'ov" ont. The state of society at
- LEAFS to such offences
~ is no credit to
>ber of con-
earns.
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DANGEROUS CARGO.
Jersey Captain Goes to Sea With 1000
Cases of Atlas Cargo.

A Jersey Captain Goes to Sea With 1000
Cases of Atlas Cargo.
The brig Senorita, Capt. Wiltbank,
which has been lying at the wharf OF
the Repauno Chemical Company works
Thompson's Point, N. j., for ten days
past, will sail for Aspinwall with an ex-
ceedingly hazardous cargo, says the
Philadelphia Record. Capt. W1ltba'
o,,+ v. th him so tons of
carries o~' So.
rible destr, ,I called
atlas powder. Two tho1i5
cases of the stuff are slowed
away beneath the Senorita's-
matches, and are intended for use in ex-
cavating along the route of the Pana-
ma canal. The Repauno Chemical
Company has contracted with the Pana-
ma Canal Company to supply the lat
ter with all the explosives that may b5
needed in pushing the great engineering
work to completion. The Repauno
company is the only concern in the
world that manufactures atlas powder,
which is composed principally of nitro
glycerine, adulterated with nitrate of
soda, magnesia and wood pulp.
The power contains as much us Is per
cent. of nitro-glycerine, and its transz
portation is considered so dangerous
none of the steamships touching Aspin-
wall could be induced to carry the ex-
plosive compound. Many old sea cap
tains, who in their time have braved
nearly every danger of the deep, have
refused to carry the powder to Asp.
wall. Aside from its liability to explo,, =
by percussion, the captains consider the
risk of being struck by lightning too
great to warrant the carrying of SUCH
cargo, even though the rates of freight
were terrible.
Capt Wiltbank, although young
man, does not fear undertaking the
voyage. The powder is put up in the.
form of cartridges, and when shipped,
fuses and percussion caps are never
placed in the same cars with the powder.
The cartridges on the Senorita have the
fuses attached to them, which mekes
the danger all the greater. This was
done because the employees Of the canal
company are not able to attach the fuses
properly, and the work had to be done
at the Repauno companv's works.
Atlas powder has proven very effective
in the work for which it is designed at
Aspinwau. It's explosive powder is
about Ii times greater than that of Or
binary gunpowder. Entertainments and
rocks can be removed with comparative
ease by it's 11se, and the dirt is after
ward hadled with shovels. In this way
excavation is done more cheaplysand
rapidly.
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w'~nesota State Normal Schools.
52; total
532. The

enroanent in the NOM asses during
the past five years has increased from
100 TO 245. There is great need of an
increased appropriation. At st. Cloud
the entire enrolment was $40; gradu-
ates, %. The total amount Of money
received by this school turned over to
the state from tuition, library and ladies'
home was $2,838.51. The library has
1865 volumes. There has been pur-
chased 81, 900 worth of new philosopher
al apparatus. The new ladies, home
will be ready for occupation in the fall.
At Mankato the total enrolment was
sos, an increase of 200 per cent. in four
years. The receipts from tuition we're
81 ,70550, an increase in one year Of
500. Book rents amounted to $51965.
The need Of an increased appropria ton
is urged.
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One Node OF Growing Melons.

An exchange indorses the following
plan for growing watermelons: Holes
were dug ten feet apart each way eigh-
teen inches square and fifteen inches
deep. These holes were filed with
well-rotted manure, which was thor
oughly incorporated with tue soil. A
low, fiat hill was then made and seed
planted. When the vines were large
enough to begin to run, the whole sur
face was covered to the depth OF foot
or fifteen inches with wheat straw. The
straw was placed close up around the
vines. No cultivation whatever ':ras
given afterwards; no weeds or grass
grew. The vines spread over the straw
and the melons matured clean and nice.
The yield was rep orted as abundant
and the experiment an entire success.
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Bishop Clark says .A student in
the Andover Seminary. whom ] well
knew and whosafterward becam very
useful nninister,a Yas suspended for
while because of the offense that he
gave when it came his turn to <treturn
thanks'' at the close Of the commons
dinner by venturing to suggest that, If
it were consistent with the divine pur-
pose it would be gratifying to have some
improvement in the fare"
Henry Bergh believes chat on n.y.
gienic principles the cemeteries should
be gradually removed and abandoned.
The water flowing through the earth
should be uncontaminated and not car
~ the refuse of decayed and ifeiess
humanity. As we advance in progress
and civilization the cremation problem
will be solved Just as the relief OF suffer-
ing animals has been solved"
From a list of the fortresses and
strongholds of France, recently issued
by the War Minister, the Fortress OF
Sedan, which once ranked high among
French fortresses, is absent. The town
is now Judged to be of no military I'M
portance whatever, and its great keep,
with it's lofty walls and subterranean
passages. is in process of demolition.
The climate of Melbourne is said to
be very trying to person with weak
lungs. Mornings Of bright, hot sum
shine, with scorching wind, change
within a very few hours to afternoons Of
.eally biting cold, when the strongest
ire thankful for listers and sealsk1n
ackets. The whole southern coast OF
Australia is subject to like alterations
If temperature.
NJ. Jules Clareie says that high
medical authority told him lately that
he attributed the great increase OF
drunkenness among women in Paris to
The war. During the siege, espec tally,
they contracted the habit, when there
vas little to eat and they wanted to keep
themselves up Fifteen years ago, he
says, habits of intoxication were rare
, among Parisians.
The late Professor Gross, Of Philadel-
. ,hia. was one of the earliest American
1sers of chloroform as an anasthetlc
md he adhered to it all his lie, prefer
ing it to either, which in general prac-
r ice has largely superseded it. He made
! Use of chloroform in more than tive
thousand important operations without
single accident resulting therefrom.
= The churchyard at Stoke Pogis, near
Windsor, England, is the scene of Gray's
n famous elegy. The village OF Horton
< he home of Milton, is near by. It was
1ere he wrote his first poems in 1882
q The church is an irregular little build l.
n ng, with picturesque old UNCOVERED
: ;ower inside is fine old Norman arch
10 ind on the pavement of the isle we read
IN the memorial stone: Here lyeth the
oodv of Sarah Milton, who died April
10 ;, 1881" After his mother died Milton
N 11rned his back on Horton. A remnent
O. If an old apple tree, which belonged
4 TO the house where he lived, and the
J. stone that marks his mothers grave
30 are the sole reminders tina there dwell
20 the author of I'll Penseroso" and Para
~. disc Lost.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-06-12

A prominent religious paper openly
advocates the government of cities by
few men selected for that purpose
outside parties, i. e. State legislatures
etc. Few people are aware of the in
sidious methods inculcated in various
quarters to break down government
OF the people, by the people and for the
people% Self government is virtually
pronounced failure, and hence juries
must be abolished and the right of suf-
trage taken away or very much re-
stricted. Freemen should remember
that "eternal vigilance is the price oil
liberty
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-06-12
Concerning Minnesota Crops.

d. H. Young, statistical agent for
Minnesota Of the United States depart
ment Of agriculture, in his report for
June 1, gives the following estimates
of the condition and comparative acre
age of crops growing in the state:
Winter Wheat-Average condition.
81. 20
Winter Rye-Average condition, 81.
Spring Wheat-Acreage compared
with last year, SO per cent more.
Spring Wheat-Average condition.
100. .,
Barley-Acreage compared with last
year, At per cent more.
Barley-Average condition, 100.
Oats-Acreage compared with last
year, 1913 per cent more
Oats-Average condition, 100:
Clover-Acreage compared with las
year, 20 per cent more.
Clover-Average condition, SO,
Spring Pasture-Average condition
81.
Apples-Average condition, "a.
| About third of the winter whea
principally that on prairie lands
turned out poorly, and has been plowet
up, The winter wheat in wooded dis
tricts is in fair average condition.
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spaces were concealed when they rose, and tic.
whole audience seemed to be on its feet; every
handkerchief, fan and other object OF portable
property in the hall seemed to fly into the air,
and every voice ii the building seemed TO JOIN
in the screaming diapason Of mad applause
ing comparative quiet Judge West of Ohio was
introduced. The sensation was intense, andtae
interestin Mr.. West on account Of his cOmmanu-
ing presence, and sympathy for bis intirn1fy,
brought all to silence In the vast half. me
fine duality of Judge Vests eloquence was not
ing as it progressed.
Many q correspondent saw his paper dlmly
through eloquence- hidden mist of tears as
Judge William West of Bellefortaine lifted ms
sightless eye toward the sky and pointed with
his long sGholarly finger toward those Rortae
the scene.
The tall attenuated figure, Southern in general
aspect and dress, was seated after the hrst lew
sentences, but still lowered above any IN It's
s9 SS aa hs eyes, SySs Ti 9sr
ness 1l and the marble FPS and typically Ameri,
can face, and it's Brother Jonathan beard OF
grayish. tint told thrillingly OF the emotlons
eeething in the heart below, and TRANSMITTED 70
the thousands in front by high, resonant a.
tention- compelling voice, and inclslVe accent.
His presentation was as follows:
Gentlemen, the Republican party demands Ct
this convention a nominee whose inspiration
and GLORIOUS ZIP prestige saa cat thy state
| Of New York; one that viii carry
the legislatures Of the several states and aver
| the sacrifice of the United States senate; ina
shall sweep into the tide the congresslonait als
tricts to recover the house Of representaTTh ve
millions q Republicans believe 18th that IT. thai hal
man who from the baptism OF blood 4 on c tne
plains of Kansas to the toll of the Immortal Gar
| field, in all that struggle OF humanity any
| progress wherever humanity desires succoI
| where love for freedom called Tor pIo1ection
| wherever the country called for a de1eha a =
wherever blows fall thickest and fastest, there II
| the fore front OF the battle to wave the "hlt
plume Of James g. Blaine, our
HENRY OF NAVARRO.
1 Nominate him, and the shouts OF oepte1hoe
| victory in Maine will be re-echoed py Ihe tnuu
der Of the October -!ctory IN OHIO, Nomlhat,
HIM and the camp fires and beacon llghCs WI
i illuminate the continent from the Golden Gat
| to Cleopatra's Needle; nominate MN; ana III
| millions who are now in waiting WILL raily U
Swell the column of victory that Is sweeping o.
from the Republican states, ana or our gloilou
| constituencies who must fight this BATTLE
nominate James G.. Blaine of Maine.
GOV. Davis Appearance.
The cheering at the close of Vests speech
was not long enough to ernbarrass Gov Davis
whose portly form, sttired in rather too inn l.
skirted frock coat, appeared on the Plas1oin1
lust at the right time. His manner was easy
and assured. The speech was barely yn1 lou ~
;nn1o,.3ot k-=-~----~-----f-!le highest compli-
inquiry as to''whc
.cceaia1 the first
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-06-12

In1e76 the total expenditure in Great
Britain for beer, wine and spirits
amounted to the astounding sum Of $780,
100000. Since that terrible maximum
was reached the annual sum has been IT.
regularly, but, on the whole, steadely cut
down, until last year the reduction
amounted to over hundred million
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-06-12

abled, and
| who died initl
pledges itself to
tanned in The acu
| soldiers shall share
| begin with the date Oh
ana not with the date Of tllslppncatloh.
| MI FOREIGN POLICY AND THE NAVY.
shall Ne ihepubllcan party favors policy viii.
rSpec t hbasions and whiSb sSa Us the
meddnse affairs The p pe1Ea1n fis
especially with those Of the Western hem;snhe o.
We demand the restoration Of &r nav to
old time strength and efficiency, THAI NAV
any sea protect the rights of American clIl:
and the interests of American commerce, anc
call upon congress to remove the burdens un
which American shipping has been depressed,
that it may again be true that we have g.
MERGE which leaves no sea unexplored, al
navy which takes no law from superior FORCE w
THE TERRITORIES AND PoLYGAMY.
Resolved, That the appointments by the presi-
dent to officers in the territories should be made
from bona fide citizens and residents Of the ter
ritories where they are to serve.
enact such laws as shall promptly and effectually
suppress, the system of polygamy within our
territory and divorce the political from the
ecclesiastical power of the so-cailed Mormon
church, and that the law SO enacted should be
rigidly enforced by the civil authorities If pos
sible and the military if need be.
The people OF the United States In their or
canized capacity constitute nation and not q
mere confederacy OF states The national gov
eminent is supreme within the sphere of its
national duty, but the states have reserved
rights which should be faithfully maintained
each should be guarded with jealous care, ut
that the harmony of our system of governm4 te
nay be preserved and the Union kept the
returns. We denounce the fraud and southern
practiced by the Democracy SIS ia defeat
ed az dangerous to ' ION q 11ee a
situations. We solemn. Io;ent ~ ~ fr,,;ts
parry as s oelag me ga7lIy' I'VE extend to the
Republicans Of TT, the Sour Cordial sympathy,
dorner Raaty aa'n most earnest efforts to
promote the passas: :tizen. Of Whatever race OF
secure TO e. every Complete recognition, possess
color me 1ul all civil and political rights
SIGH 91 anu xeIctsiness in order was the call OF
me ne nexg announcement of members Of tho
staGes aGr tmmittee. motion to postpone the
Ia .ra iade and voted down, and the call was
tn men Gonvention then took recess until Z p.m
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second the motion.


.ntlemen of the convention, YOU
motion for the substitution for the
hn r. Lynch of Mississippi, and on
q call of the roll is demanded.
l!lmittee, according to usage had NOM
I'd ex-U. s. Senator Powell Clayton of Ark
ansas for temporary chairman but the nominal
ton was decidedly unpopular, hence the indie
pendent nomination Of Mr.. Lynch, colored
member of Congress from Mississippi An
earnest debate ensued, the argument in favor
of Mr. Lynch being that his choice would be a
complement to the colored Republicans of the
country. Geo. VIM. Curtis and several others
spoke in behalf of Lynch, and several delegates
argued in favor of sustaining the actions Of the
committee.
The roll was called and the secretary an
nounced the result as followes: John R. Lynch
431; Powell Clayton 3S7. In Minnesota, d. NJ
Sabin voted for Lynch, and so did G. K Davis,
but the latter hurriedly changed his vote to
Clayton Graves, Gould, Rogers, Langdon and
Newell made up Lynch's s; and Clay ton had
Davis, Armstrong, Cokney, Crosby, Garfield,
Hall, Barto and Page, leaving the delegation d.
vided s to G.
The following shows the vote by states:
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U. s. Grant, Jr., and the firm Of
Grant Il Ward are the chief STOCKHOLM

{ Grant K Ward are the chief stockhold-
j: ers OF the Belmont coal mines, which
are situated in Jackson county, Ala
bama. The mines have continued in
full operation since their failure until
last week, when work was stopped and
a notice was posted that they had shut
down on account of the failure of Grant
" Ward. Seven hundred hands are
thrown out of employment. Themines
are quite valuable. They were pur-
chased by the Grants from G en-. John B
Gordon,
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If Goldsmith, who wrote OF "The
Deserted Village" were alive to-day
he would find ample material for his pen
in the deserted villages of the Pacific
coast. The San Francisco Chronicle
says all of the old California mining
towns are in decayed or decaying con-
dition. Some of them, most fonrishing
from 1849 to 1854 or 1856, are blotted
from existance and lost to memory save
in the immediate. neighborhood where
they once stood. The Chronicle de-
votes column to interesting reminiscent
ces of these once busy scenes of human
activity and hopes.
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It is now given out in government circles
that the failure of the negotiations with Tur-
key for aid in the Soudan difficulty WAS due not
to dissentions in the cabinet over Lord Gran
ville's prospects, but the greed of the sultan,
who wanted altogether too large a finger in tbs
international pie, and held out for the pay
vast subsidy in return for the services OF his
troops, the government is now uneasy and ner-
'vous over the silence of Admiral Hewitt, which,
is interpreted as indicating the failure Of his
mission to King John Of AbyssinnjA