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Origin and Progress De Annual
" s. .. Eairs. nj !. E

Theodore Lyman gave an address at
the opening of the Mechanics Fair in
Boston; recently, in the course Of which
he said: "Over sixty years ago the
State of New York established the typi.
cal county agricultural fair, a system
which has been adopted by the larger
number Of 4 statesi extending to j. the
Rocky Mountains ii. | colorado in 1874.
These fairs have been the great educa.
tors Of the public in ali that relates
to agriculture, and are to-day impor-
tant adjuncts and supports Of the many
Stale Agricultural Colleges which have
been founded since 1862. Other fairs
more Varied and comprehensive than
the agricultural, embracing more par
ticularly the much wider range Of manu-
factured products, have. been held in
some of our larger cities for many,
years, notably those Of this association
in Boston, Of the Franklin Institute In
Philadelphia; Of the American Institute
in New York, Of the Maryland Institute
in Baltimore, and also the exhibitions
Of Chicago, Cincinnati, st. Louis. New
Orleans, San Francisco and the Manu-.
facturerst Institute Of this city. Sueh
local and special fairs and exhibitions
these in this and aot1ierE countries
have eliminated in 4 the great interna,
tional OF world a expositions Of the past
thirty years. s5 5
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Big Railroad Suit in iowa,

Perhaps the most important case ever tried
in Iowa, if considered with respect to the
amount of money involved is that which will
be tried in the United States court at Dubuque,
this week. The following is a brief history Of
the case: The action Of the second mort
gagees to procure the right to redeem the
first, mortgage on the Burlington, Cadar
Rapids and Northern, revived it In granting
the decree Of foreclosure to the. first
mortgages some years ago, Judge Grant
of Davenport failed to provide for the
payments Of the second mortgage bonds, ex-
cept as affording room for future trouble The
error Of Judge Grant was not considered. seri-
ons at the time, as the second mortgage bonda
were then worth scarcely anything. Subse-
quently the first mortgages built up the road,
and it is now said to be worth $lS, OtO 200. Al
ter the road acquired it, value, the Chicago 4
Northwestern quietly proceeded to buy up the
second mortgage; bonds for little Or nothing. It
bard Of Cedar Rapids is the attorney for the
plaintiff. 81 I'M a f-.,'2s5 s
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NEWS 0F.THE WEEK,
WashinRton News. /

q nd ~ ~ q
Rear Admiral Alexander Murray, o. a:N. |;
Who disd 81 hia, residence in Washington, had
bean ailins sboat s:Reek, and nothing serious
was feared; but at the hour named he fell
from his chair, and passed away before medical
was from embolism- of the heart 81.
Postoffioes established: Dakota-Jessie
Griggs county. Postofices Discontinued-Da-
kota: Webb, Charles Mix county, mail to
Bloomington; Montana Enterprise, Missou-
-la--county, mall to- Missoula- Postmasters
so% q ms2 shreyes, Bovingt9n lowe;
Reno, Iowa; Samuel W. Fuller, Worcester,
Wis. WilliamT Mcculloch, Jessie, Oak
Seventeen of the most eminent physicians Of
New York City have presented petition to
Secretary McCulloch Calling his attention
to the danger Of allowing the importation. OF
foreign rags. 1t is certainly to be hoped that
the government will take prompt and effective
action in this vital matter. Probably, how
ever, we shall now he treated to protests from
rag dealers against sltch interference with
their business-which, of course, in their eyes
is OF far greater consequence than the health
u'' Aa' .t,it ItA &:irl EsT;fa ,tt!Ys
The special press commissioner of the New
Orleans worlds exposition is perfecting ar
rangements to have a congressional excursion Of
senators and representatives from Washington
to New OrleansSto be present at the opening
Of the exposition on Dec. 16. "A press oxcur
sion representing the press Of the New England
states, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania,
Delaware, Maryland, and the District of Col
nmbia will go ut the same time, Invitations
have been extended to President Arthur and
cabinet, Gov. Cleveland and Nh. Blaine, also to
President elect Diaz Of Mexico and the En-
peror Dom Pedro Of Brazil. The Mexican cong
ercises. 5.34z, ! +.-.,''s =,
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Patti'ssWelsh Home.

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Nine: PATHS castle, Craig-a- Nos, is
perched high up on q cleft mountain,
picturesquely wooded. It is nearly at
the top of this mountain, and built after
the common fashion of all Welsh castles,
with low bastions and what is called a
curtain between-that is, o straight
line of wall, joining two semi circular.
towers The walls, which are Of grey
sh green slate, so plentiful here, are
topped with battlements and covered
here and there with ivy, while the WIN.
dows are, either arched or, gabled,
Spreading away in front Of the gardens
and lawns, all terraced because of the
precipitous character of the ground,
and SO coming gradually down to the.
little galley which lies below. Through
this valleysruns' q. lovely river with an
unpronounceable name, spanned BY
numerous pretty bridges and well
stocked with fish. The valley opens
into the great Swansea Valley, while
the whole country round is extremely
mountainous and abounds with game.
The castle contains twenty two rooms,
acme OF them very; large, but all warm
and cozy, as they should be in such q;
climate. PATHS own is hung with blue
silk. all the upholstery being to match,
while attached TO it is a little dressing-
room thattis complete enough it its ap-
pointments for a. princess. The draw
ing room is charming, and he must be
, dull person who could not find some
thing to interest him there. It contains
two grand pianos, albums, statuettes.
pictures, and Offerings from admirers,
chief among the latter being an exquis-
tie inlaid cabinet, containing gold and
silver coronets, with which almost every
nation in the world has crowned the
diva Queen Of Song The morning.
room is also little beauty, but chiefly
attractive because it contains q picture
Of the poor late Duke Of Albany, with
bus autograph and o manly, modest let
ter begging Patti to accept his picture
in return forEone she had sent him. In
the billiardsroom it an immense orches-
trion, which is the chief source Of
amusement every day after dinner
Keynote, ~ SSS KS #}sssFs
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General News,Itema.

\ A new hospital at Bridgeport Conn. posting
300, 600 has Just been formally opened
The jury in the ase Of ex-Mayor Chase Of
Omaha, indicted for bribery in having levied
blackmGl on gamblers aud contractors. re-
turned q verdict Of not guilty
The average yield of cotton promises TO- Be
lower than last year-The corn crop Is estima-
ed Of more than 500, OO0, QUO bushels, or more
han twenty-si1 bushels per acre S..'
Capt Bedford Ppm, Of the British navy ..i
urged upon Secretary Frelinghuysen the i'd
visibility Of England and the United States
combining to finish the Nicaragua canal
William a Duncan, who was Just; reelected
TO congress from Tie Nineteenth Pennsylvania
district died OF his home In Gettysburg. recent
" His death was due TO consumpt ion
Lieut. q "A iyarnum, Seventh cavalry, has has
been detailed inspector Of Indian supplies at
Rapid City, Oak, relieving Capt nsley, 81 the
Seventh, WIG has been granted six months'
Frank Cooper, said to bp ono Of tho leading
dry goods merchants OF .Psasfia,s iii worth
e1OO, 600 has been sued by his wife in Chicago
for divorce on the ground OF cruelty and IN.
faithfn lness. rs " az u q l5ss 81,
An American named Bruce, formerly 8 BAT
list minister Of Now York, Is said to So wfols !
fully confined IN an English madhonse, and
charges Minister a Dwell with negligence Id
looking into bis eaA
Az effort - being made ~ tho Meihodiasa d
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Bishop seabury's Conservation.

St. Panl's. Cathedral, London, last Friday
was the scene Of o stately service in commons
Grafton of the Tooth anniversary. Of the conse.
Grafton Of Bishop Seabury, the first American
bishop of the Protestant Episcopal church
Service was conducted by the archbishop 81
Canterbury, assisted by the bishops OF London
Winchester, Durham aud Albany. At one
point in the services q material version Of the
Nineteenth Psalm was sung the same as sune
at Aberdeen o hundred years ago on the 90.
casion Of Bishop SeaburysS Conservation:
The archbishop concluded his discourse by
giyin expression to the deep sympathy and IL.
forest felt by the English churches toward their
American brethern. Tho church in America
had great and glorious future before it Ar
ter the sermon many Of the congregation "a.
mained to partake Of holy commInion This
was administered by six bishops, two each
from America, Scotland and England There
were altogether twenty bishops present in.
Scluding the bishops Of Fond ID Lac and Min.
nesota. Tho day was also appropriately OBJ.
served IN New York, Hartford, and other places,
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-11-20
! At the presidential election Of 1883


At the presidential election of 1880
the average ratio Of; votes cast to popu-
1ationsi in the fifty-nine; leading cities of
the United States-ranging from the
city offNew York: with a population of
!, zoe, 800, to Mobile, with 81, 2O5-was
4 to 5.7407s The different ratios. pre-.
scented by the various cities are some
what curious. At Providence, R. L,
only one person voted out Of every 11.3,
while st Indianapolis the ratio was ito
1B.86. In New York the ratio was / to
55.s7; il Brooklyn ITO %; IN Philadel-
phia to 4.S7;; in Chicago 1 to 6.12,
and in Boston to 6. 10. :.
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Foreign Flashes.

Minister Ferry has received dispatches say.
ing that Gen Gordon has been killed.
\ rvings house in Bond street, Hammer
smith, was originally owned by Nell GWynne,
purchased for her by Charles L 1 $- 3 81, Z =
1t is officially announced through the Britah
consulate that. an international inventors Iex-
hibition will be held in London in 1885, under
the patronage Of the queen, the presidency Of
the prince of Wales and the, management Of an
executive council composed Of eminent English
men; It will DO !oponed IN May Of the royal.
will remain open until the end of the year.
In order, that American inventions may occupy
q prominent place in this universal exhibition,
the latest date for receiving applications fol
space has been extended to Dec. 81, 1884 "
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# Japan has taken m advanced step in
the separation Of church and state.
The: Mikado has formally abolished the
rank and title of a state priesthood. and
now permits all sects to choose their
own spiritual heads. Tt is believed that
this is:but the advance measure of o
general reform. in religious affairs, and
that in the end there will be complete
liberty Of conscience. Japan is one
OF the most progressive as well as. one
OF the most interesting countries in the
worldsto the traveller.
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"A decision has Just been rendered b

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a decision has just been rendered by
the United States Supreme Court which
is Of great interest to inventors. 1t
holds that the Secretary of the In
terror cannot be appealed to in pat.
ent cases, the Commissioner of Patents
having the exclusive right to decide for
himself whether or not patient ought
to issue; that if the Commissioner errs
y the party in interest has statutory
remedy, but that remedy is not an ap-
peal to the head of the Department OF
the Interior. Heretofore it had been
believed that the Secretary Of the In
terror had the power to review decisions
of the Commissioner of Patents. - -
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-11-20
Casualties Of the Week.

Two fires at New London, Mo-, destroyed
nearly block of business buildings. Loss,
$35, 900; insurance, s10,0UO -.
Ten tons of giant powder, exploded near-To-
ledo, and thu. people for forty miles around
thought there was an earthquake. I
Mrs. James Mccormick, eighty years ofyage;
burned 10 death at the residence of her dauph-
ter in Ellenboro, Grant county, Wis, while re-
plenishing the fire il. small stove.
During democratic celebration ct Yelling
ton, Kans., Mrs. John schnarr was struck in
the eye by yskyrocket and instantly killed, and
another rocket invaded the office Of the Phillip
house, striking the night clerk in the mouth
and coming out behlnd the ear. IN }5' "A, ~
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l. ,tBlatue gain 252. 81 e. %H'f'
Up to this hour the result OF the ballot for
presidential electors has been declared in
thlrty three of the sixty counties of this
state The last previous reports of county
clerks showed q Democratic plurality Of
!.2SO. To-day's canvass shows net loss to
Blaine OF four votes The remaining twenty
seven counties, with two exceptions, re-
ported progress and will, for the
most part report the result of their
canvass Tomorrow To-day's reports speak
OF irregularities in formsl No mention is
made of any serious discrepancy in the
count Several counties which did not to.
DAY complete their official canvass reported
there was no reason to believe that when
completed the figures would show any
change from those already given. Can
vassed returns received by the Dem
ocratic state, " committee from twenty
four counties; !, indicated change
of six votes in favor of Blame against sixty
Tin Lvingstone) in favor of Cleveland. No
returns have been received by the Repub
licau national committee, and Chairman
committee, could not be found Gen. John
n. Knapp. a stalwart Republican from Au-
burn, said he believed the official canvass
would make no material change in the pub
lished returnA
If there is any hitch," said he, sit viii be in
New York and Kings counties. Up In the coun-
try the people know twenty-four hours after the
1t is sure thing !4yl 5y.,e & s-,oyN .ty.7T- =
At the official canvass Of the Kings county
board OF supervisors, the returns from six
wards were examined TO-DAY. beginning
with the First They showed Cleveland to
have IA ,229 votes and Blaine S,216. 's
A FEW MORE COUNTER.
NEW YORK, Nov. .12.-The county returns
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The Crouch Murder Trial. ]

Ajury has been secured ii the Crouch muir.
der trial at Jackson, Mich The court hal
been occupied since Nov. 8 in the selection OF
q Jury: The case was opened for the prosecu.
ton. It is the trial Of Daniel s. Holcomb for
the murder OF the Crouch family, consisting Of
Jacob: D. Crouch, his daughter and son-ih law,
The murder occurred Nov. %, 1888, and the
testimony isschiely circumstantiaL Jacob D.
Crouch was a wealthy farmer living outside Of
town. His youngest son, Judd d. Crouch and
Daniel s. Holcomb, are suspected Of the muir
Holcomb, abrother of Daniel, viii also Sc! tried
for perjury in the case Of Joseph Allen, whom
he accused. of murder. A lalge number of
witnesses have been secured for tho prosecution
and defense .7sS;-%.. =, q t,i-
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The lesson OF this, close election re.
news the warning given eight years ago
of the imperfection of the electoral
count laws, and the necessity of having,
them amended in an bipartisan spHft
and with thorough legal clearness4 tt
is discreditable that the time has bee;Rss.
allowed to elapse without this work be.
ing done by congress. : &,.T>s$
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Crimes and Criminals,

George Travis. the Tioga county, Pa, muir.
derer, will DO hanged january Is. ..1i.. 3.
Thieves wrecked passenger train at Clea,
Greek, Tex, recently and ten persons were
killed.
Near Columbus, Ga, Mr.. Bigglers, re-
spectacle farmer, and Mr.. and Mrs. Burgers,
employed by him, died in terrible agony from
poison, an old negro woman placed arseric in
their coffee. h. Ms.
George | d Boidson, Constable Of. Bolton;
Miss, while attempting to arrest Join Thomas
and Andrew Trotter, both colored. near
Brownsville, was fatally shot The negroes es.
capped Parties are in pursuit
August Tuxhorn, a farmer Of Mcpherson,
Kansas, set fire his house, barn and grana, y,
then blew out his brains with a shotgun. TIE
buildings were destroyed with "a, COG in money
IN the house. Total loss, 81 600
Mrs. Harry G. Williams of Anita, Iowa, a bride
Of three days, has applied for q divorce. She
was Mrs; Mary HULL. and was to have been
married to MI. :C!ark, but about noon of that
Atlantic, and is now repentant /. 4 \ !
During evening services in the Second
Presbyterian church, { Cleveland, man
clad in a suit Of red underclothing walked nm
the aisle, and, taking seat near the pulpit, be-
gan to applaud yociforously with his hands and
feet A Vigorous struggle was necessary to
get the crank out of church. =; <
Robert Standing and wife were: discovered
dead in their house on q ranch seven
miles from Pine Grove, q email station
on the South Park road, Colorado. Circuln-
stances Indicate that they were murdered for
money Strandring was one of Colorado's pi-
oneers, was quite wealthy, and widely known.
he was preacher, antipolygamy branch Of the
Mormon church ~ ~, fEtT.Ftf3fE
Officers Council and Fowler, of William
county, Tex, arrived at Elgin, that state in
pursuit Of two robbers, Berry and Lewis. The
robbers seeing the officers, Immediately opened
fire which was returned The thieves kept
firing as they mounted their horses. Berry
was shot through the head and instantly killed.
firing of a SIX shooter as he fell q corpse.
eWer raceiys put escaped
It'd one in each arm. g. n q. : :
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The renewed outbreak of the cholero

s The renewed outbreak of the cholera
in Paris after danger was supposed tc
have passed out, is another indication
Of the steady progress Of the epidemic.
With that city infected London and
liverpool can hardly escape and the
disease s;thus practically at our own
doors. AL that can bepractically done
in the United States at present is 8
strict quarantine and general cleaning
up In Paris as in all other cities
where cholera Las prevailed, the dis.
ease struck at the filthiest districts, and
can be depended upon to flourish there
chiefly, and to spread from there to the
better quarters, thus illustrating again
the compulsory brotherhood of mankind.
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-11-20

Mr.. William NJ. Singerly, who has
experimental for the last four years on
his farms pit Gwynedd, Pa, in preserv-
ing green fodder in slos; has a. silo
capacity of 1900 tons. He says that
BY the operation Of this method he is
enabled to easily keep one COW on the
produce 81 one acre Of ground. He
fills his sillos mainly with. cornstalks cut
in 9-inch lengths. A 1O-horse power
engine VIII out 100 tons ii ii day. u
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Earlier DISPATCHES,

The following dispa tches showing the prog
ress of the count, its fluctuations and the hopes
and fears excited thereby, are interesting to
those who are interested in complete record of
the most important things preceding the final
result
NEW YORK, Nov 1.-THE official canvass
In various counties to-day developed the fol-
lowing majorities. being the same as for
merly reported except where otherwise des-
ignated: ~ - - "a.
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Personal News Notes

George W. Jones, an old and eminent citizen
OF Tennessee; died ct Fayetteville, recently.
Mr.. Cleveland will be forty-eight years old
on the 18th Of next March s.-.l3. =
Dr.. Risner, 2 we'll known physician Of Lis
bon, Dak died suddenly q: few days ago, Of
heart disease y. y = ~ = -
Dr.. Worthington, pastor Of St Johns Epis.
copal church, Detroit, has accepted the cali Of
the Episcopal diocese Of Nebraska to be bish-
op. !; ~: : B K az. a
DR.. D. Banks Mckenzie, noted Temperance
reviyalist, whose labors Resulted in building the
opera house here, died al Salt Lake City, aged
forty seven. q ~. -
Isaac Henderson, associated with william
Cullen Bryant in tho ownership Of the New
York Evening Post died in that city aged
seventy-one. M ". -
9 Sis Moses Montedore, the aged jew philans
thropist, is not afraid to look time full In the
faca. It Is said that he has engaged his private
secretary for another termsof i've years
Herman Myers Of Jersey City bears 1
striking resemblance to jay Gould, 4 fact which
don't add to his comfort when he has to mini
gle in mob bowling for the magnate's scalp.
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Government and Land Robbers.

At Omaha, in the case Of ;the;s;;U United statel
government vs.. The Brighton Ranch Com.
pany Judge Brewer, Of the United States oir.1
cult court, has rendered decision that the
company has fenced in about s., 900 acres ,oi.
land belonging to the government Suit wai
brought by the latter to compel the. com.
pany to tear down the fence The de.
cision Of Judge Brewer IN effect is that the
Brighton Ranch company has no right to con.
government had absolute right to have the
fence removed! This decision settles the law
in this circuit TINT cattlemen have no right to,
enclose government lands for herding purposes.
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The official agricultural returns of

.545-AAt Ae oniciaL agricultural FeGtrns OF
Great Britain and her colonies has just
been received, from which it appears
that the total wheat area Of India is
placed ct 2e, 900; 600 acres, and the
yield N = fairly good year at nine and
three 7fourths bushels Of wheat to the
acre, which would make the total yield
.cf India about 242, 100000 bushels.
The total export Of Indian wheat 70,
1888 is reported to have been nearly
~ ~ 00o, 900 The total quantity Of
wheat including -four imported into
Great Britain last year, was al ,OoO, 900
bushels, (which there were received
from the United States, $1,000, 900
bushels, and from India nearly 10 900, )
900 bushels. 2 "a.
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]. q q saunders, agent Of the United
States Of a r.,.;o1, lt,,.o Il. u

q Saunders, agent Of the United
States department Of; agriculture to at
tend the international exhibition at
Hamburg, in d report recently submit
ted To the commissioner Of agriculture
aays; So far is 4 could gather, It is
general conceded that whenever an
inspection of orir pork is made under
careful governmental supervision, SINH
lar TO that now made by the German
authorities, there viii be no. bjection to
it's salein Germany. Indeed, il strikes
mo that were such inspection made
there wpu1d be snch 4 strong pressure
brought to bear upon the German gov.
ernment BIZ their own people that the
anhargo would be speedily removed
This requirement. seems to be reason
able. and honest packers and exporters
might govern themselves accordingly.
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be.eaIled back into power. Blaine leaves
far Washington the middle Of next Week,
ter He has leased the Sargent house, in
Farragut square, and will shortly resume
/ his work on the second volume or sTwenty
Years in Congress The volume will be
ready by June next for publication.