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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29

g Chris Herek, 8 ssloonkeeper Of Higbes, No.;
was successfully gulled out Of II, 900 recently
by ssgold" brick suindler. '5
! John Cunminss 4 clerk lor the Standard Oil
company 1t Long Island City, is missing since
Saturday, the 18th, With q, DO, which he drew
70 pay employees. a ss.s-s.ss ~. .- - 800.
Ferdinand Ward gave $500 to The Presby-
terrain church at Stamford, Conn. d 900 to the
soldiers monument; 81, 600 to: the Young Mems
Christian association, and 800 to the Stamford
oornet Dand' + -, @~~aa"~-'
An ardent bicycle rider advocates the use Of
that machine in the army, and publishes an
article in local paper to show thatit would
be measure of economy and add to the Of:
ficiency of the service, ifit were to replace the
hungry and weary cavalry horse.
There is excellent reason for saying that the
directors Of the Metropolitan bank, N. Y, will
consider at an early day the ACCESSIBILITY of
winding up the banks affairs, the present fail
ure having been fatal to it's business prospects.
Deposits before the failure were between Sill
100000 and $l2,O00,0OO, and have fallen to
about 100000 :
! sA deed r.s fled in the. registers Office ii
New York, Wednesday, the2lst, by which Mrs.
Julia D. Grant transferred to William H. Van
derbilt the houses No. 1913 o street. and 1909
Vermont avenue, which are surrendered by
the general toward making good the $3.50, coo
which he borrowed TO. aid Ward d. Fisk, the
New York bankers. -
Tho Pennsylvania bank Of Pittsburg closed its
doors on the 21st and posted the follow
ing on it's doors: Owing to the continued run
for several days, we have considered it wise
for our depositors and all concerned to sus-
pend payment for the present There was
great excitement around the bank, and officers
we're placed at the doors.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
What is Known Al out Insanity.

From the St. James Budget
Experts agree that the subject of in
sanity is still plunged in semi obscurity.
The greater number of authorities are
of the opinion that the only successful
treatment is Of a negative kind; that the
mind must be placed, as it were, on
crutches and all irritations removed, So
as to allow nature to right herself by
series of efforts from within. The pa
tient usually arrives at an asylum in r
frantic condition, due sometimes to per-
sonal outrage and rough usage, to
mental irritation of temporary sort,
If irritation is kept up. fe',rile excit
ment glides into Inflammation of t
brain, and that ends in paralysis.
taken in time, early symptoms may l
treated by soothing methods before tL4
Tissues shsconle infiamed.S Or, if this b
Impossible, then the inflammation must
Isn. its course, watched carefully, hk'
ness the crisis be allowed to pass unol
served, alas for the victim! Imbecility'
supervenes- chronic dementia. The
patient is insane for life; or, in cases Of
extreme rarity, wakes at last after :
nightmare of years, famed and shat
tered. Insanity is a prolonged sleep
walking; q condition of torpor peopled
by dreams, from which the sleeper ma
awake or not. If the brain can
lulled to complete rest by science
may awake whole. And yet the ma,
house inmate, who above all thingl
should find repose in his seclusion,
generally seeks for it in vain.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
1Gisosllaneous News Notes.

Charleston, VIVA, has secret lynching
society. - ~ A. =,
Maine fishermen will pack 81, 100000 worth
of sardines this year.
There are 4,ooo,O 900 farms in the United States
valued at $4,000, 000,Ooo !..,xz
Hilisboro, Tex, to ". II. Vanderbilt
Adam Nave, rich ST Iouisian, got di-
yorce 81 paying $500 monthly "aiimony and
$4,000 down.
Amos s. Emo of New York has mortgaged the
Fifth Avenue hotel property to the Mutual Lite
sInsursnce company fof q, &c, Ooo =,
The directors of the Planters bank of Peters,
burg, W. Va, have decided their property to
McIlvane l. Gillian. Their Liabilities are 500, :
GOO AND assets unknoTn,r s~sxs ~ ~y~ ...u,.
A tax oolleetorship in 0hlcagois worth some
thing 4ao.-1ss The supren abouxtthpls they are
makes their work worth from $1,000 TO- %13Uoo
ayear. E:
Donnen, Lawson l. Simpson, New York, have
received dispatches from creditors to the ef-
fest that any compromise proposed by them
Will Do accepted, o. MsGSips sof necessary
psper2 sftsiooh u II the nm d1itors viii
accept the terms offered IT
J. L Brownell 4 Co., Of New York, failed
recently. The firm consists of ]. l. Brownell,
r W.. Walker, and L W. Murray. The firm
yas formerly Brownentt 4 Walker. II is said
hist tho failure was caused by Q customer
Rsudulently obtaining securities. The liabilf-
tn aFe small { .,s5ss 81. Ssi. 81. ...s$
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
Hottentot VS.. Britou.

At foot-race among the English set
tiers in one of the districts of Cape
Colony, not long ago, a queer litt11,
black figure, no taller than a boy
came up at the last moment and begged
to be allowed to run. Some of the
competitors protested against the ad.
mission of Hottentot, but the cham.
pion pedestrian, strapping young
Englishman, remarked, with contemp-
tuous laugh, that lit wouldn't matter
much wheather they let the niger in
or not AS things turned out it mat
tered good deal. The "nigger" in
stantly went off in a series of quick,
jerky bounds, and at once took THE
lead, grinning over his shoulder at the
vain efforts of the discounted "pale-
faces to catch up. He kept his lead
all the way, and came in an easy win
ner. The English champion, though
crestfallen. had menline5s to applaud
him heartily. and send round the hat"
for him, getting handsome contribu-
ton.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
Ex-president Grant gives it as hi

Ex-president Grant gives it as his
opirion that, by the end of the present
century, only sixteen years hence, the
population of the United States will be
round 100, 1000, 900 and he states this
as an evidence Of it's growing prosperi-
ty. The estimate is not extravagant,
when we consider theincrease from 81,
100000 in 1860 and SO 500, 600 in 1876
to 81 900, 900 in 1880, and reflect that
The tide of immigration is still setting
strongly to our shores. If a large popu-
lation is what we want we have nothing
to complain Of in this regard; and il
the prosperity of country is measured
by the number of its people, our pros
perity is all that I'VE could ask. > But
it is dawning upon the popular
mind that numbers do not constitute
greatness, much less do they signify
comfort and happiness. India and
China swarm with population, but the
condition of India and China is not held
up as a thing to, be reproduced in, this
country, and our people would surely
recoil from the idea ? that any
considerable part of this land
should be infested with human
beings as these Oriental countries are.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
Town Site Blower COLLAPSED.


The Belknap, Montana town and Improve
ment company failed and the bank closed up,
butau depositors paid The citizens held 9
meeting there Wednesday the 2lst, and were
informed by H. c. Chaplin that G. c. Howell,
the president of the company, was in St Paul,
ON his way east, and would not return to Belk-
nap Matters look dubious there, as it is re-
ported that Howell has forged notes to the
amount of $4,000, cashed them at the First
This information is received from H. G. Chap
in, the present manager Of the Belknaps
Town and improvement !. company
Gen. Howell first came TO-. the front and
achieved prominence in the West bold spec
ulator and schemer during his residencein Col
mining excitement in 1879! and took the lead as
man of pluck and business activity. He be-
csme interested lin number of mining prop
critics and was very busy inboommg town lots
at all times and under all circumstances. BE
acquired interests of considerable value in the
carbonate camp; built fine residence; or
ganized the City National bank and became its
president; was appointed brigadier general of
the state militia lfrom whence comes his. mills
itary title, and to all appearances wa
cha Msa0 Seturne sp to ca1orado in 1ssa
and forced tho; nomination of Campbell as the
Republican candidate for governor Howell
although republican himselD fought Camp
bell at the polls; carried Lake county against
him, and contributed as much as any one
man in the state to the election Of Grant, the
first and only democratic governor Colorado
has ever had. Campbell was financially wrecked
by this canvass, and removed to California,
where he is now engaged in farming. When
the Cmnr dAlene xcitement broke out, Howell
sent his wife to her relatives in Ohio and, went
to the reported gold fields. He perfected an
arrangement with, the Northern Pacific Rail
road company and secured an interest in the
town site of Belknap.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29

= During the existence Of the National
banking system. covering more than
twenty years, the number of banks Or
ganized under it has reached total
never contemplated by the trainers of
the law, yet out of the whole there have
been only ninety failures, with loss to
their creditors of only about 50, 600, 900,
while every dollar of circulation issued
has been redeemed. The average an
nual loss to depositors in banks of this
class has been less than ono per cent.
The aggregate of deposits in banks of
all classes in the United States will fall
little, if any, short of So, 900, 200, 900, or
about double the sum total of the pub
lie debt, and the percentage of loss to
depositors in National banks is less than
in any other class.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29

The business of the country cannot
be depressed when forty-seven railroads
report for April an increase Of nine per
cent. upon their gross earnings Of April
1888, and an increase of temper cent.,in
their mileage. But it does not follow
that because these earnings are substan
TALLY what they were a year ago, prices
in general should be the same, the rea-
son being that many of our railroads
suffer the natural effects Of over capital
ization. Boston for instance, holds
$3.50, 000,0 900 railroad securities, but one
of the most conservative papers in that
city says that nobody, however slightly
familiar with the origin of the 3securi-
ties, has any reason to believe that their
original cost was one-haf the sum
named, of course, this being true, they
could stand great depreciations, and al
the same time be sources of great profit;
so long as fair dividends were made.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
Tho Criminal Calendar.

Photographer Wallis, Of Glenwood, Iowa,
killed John Clingersmith in self defense.
Henry Hayes, farmer Of Davis county, KY,
was found dead near his residence with three
pistol shots in his body
Charles LANCE, the heavy weight champion of
june 18th. "a ! FtS ~ 3
Joseph Frazier, WHO Brutality murdered wes-
Icy Hupp last week, hanged himself with a
pocket handkerchief in jail at Anderson, Ind !,
Monday night
In Boston barroom Samuel Allen shot
D. Hansell dead. The deceased was sup
posed to be member of the firm of Biggs &
Hansen Of. Rockland =. :.
Mrs. Annie Mass. attempted>to kill William
Bettleton in his bedroom at her house in St
Louis, by shooting him over the right ear. The
wound is not serions.
It is believed the human remains found in a
soap box in the depot at Chattanooga, Tenn,
are those of Herman Krause, murdered at St.
Adams, Vt, by Oscar Myer.
Rev R. Williams of Chillicothe, Mo-, having
been warned by his deacons that he would be
prosecuted for bigamy by wife living in the
East, poisoned himself in field with . bottle
Of prussic acid. T. g j
AGlendive, Mont, dispatch reports great ex-
element up the line. Four horse thieves are
at Terry, forty miles west of Glendive, and
twenty head of stolen stock at Forsyth. Sheriff
Johnson Of Custer county has six men on the
trails.
Gerald Thomas Tully, sub manager of the
Preston Banking company of Preston, Ian
cashre, England, who disappeared from his
place of occupation and home in October, 1888,
being short in his accounts ~, QW, Fhassbeen
arrested III New York. a lis" - q 80
Experienced burglars effected an entrance
on Tuesday night, the 10th, into the branch
postal station for the northwestern district Of
Milwaukee and broke open the safe. 1t is said
they obtained about $500 in money and stamps.
They we're scared of the preM,ises by a woman
who liyess4in the upper psrt of the building,
The detectives think they know their men
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
GentleInen's Hats.

"The styles in gentlemen's hats" said
halter in answer to reporter of the
New York Mail and Express, differ
very little from those of last winter.
The crown Of the Derby is higher and
the curl and the brim are both fiatter.
In silk hats the bell is lighter and the
brim is more open, smaller and more
coarsely rolled. Tie Fedora and Al
pine, the soft hats, are not worn SO
much; Black is the prevailing color
and the silk hat is the only dressy hat.
There is no difference between the young
mans hat and the old mans hat, except
that the latter has a wider briin. One
can hardly say that is true, either, for
the old men are getting quite juvenile
in their tastes. Before long they will
be the only ones wearing the narrow
brim high hat. s3< v.sz. III;
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29

A few days ago Philadelphia paper
in discoursing on the weather said: 'tIt
is the tremendous drain thus made up
on the human system by: the violent
changes Of our climate which renders
our men unfit to- bear study or long
continued work. Call it cd, or cleo
tricity, or simple heat, as you please.
there is subtle influence in the ain at
certain seasons which is the very elixir
of life. It is conspicuously absent in
such weather as that of last week, and
its absencegprodu the decay Of vital
force, disease for the middle-aged and
death for the old. The only remedies
suggested, other than fight to more gen
ial regions is @to keep up our vital force
so thoroughly that we may be able to
stand these .murderous assaults~of our
invisible foe: This Is to be done by ou1
readers by wholesome, nutritious food
and by rest" This is all very good, but
many will be surprised to know Of
q necessity for such precautions il
Philadelphia, which is generally sup.
posed TO possess mild climate.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
An Old ReIict.
The widow of Marshal Suchet, Duk

The widow OF Marshal Suchet, Duke
of Albufera, died in Paris the other day
at the age Of 80 odd years. She was
married when Joseph Bonaparte was
King of Spain, and received from him
as wedding gift one of the splendid
hotels next to the British Embassy in
Paris. In the military correspondence
of Napoleon I. we find the following
letter dated Paris, December 5, 1911,
and addressed to Berti,!er: "My Cou-
sin-Write to Marshal Sucbet to COM
plain that his wife carries on cores
pondence with Nine. de Saligny, in
which she speaks Of what happens Ri,
the army-that these details should not
occur in a letter of lady, who ought
to be acquainted neither with the num-
Der of troops nor their movements, who
should speak merely of her health, and.
that is ALL" It is curious to think of
the Duchess d'Albufera surviving this
for 70 years. =
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29

Since the failure, 1.-THE tariff bill con-
gross has manifested but little inclinas
ton for business, and it is probable that
little will be done this session beyond the
passage of the appropriation bills. All
the members of congress are poll
ticians, most Of them candidates for
reelection, and hence the apparent in
difference to anything that does not
Immediately concern themselves.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
Minnesota News.

Gen. N. G. Mclean of Frontenac
claims to have Jersey heifer in his
herd, coming two years old, that gives
quite a quantity of rich milk without
her ever having had calf. Being nursed
by g yearling put her in the way Of it.
Minnesota has 7,O0Olakes which takes
up 100000 acres Of territory.
It is reported from Northern Pacific
Junction that last Saturdays fire de-
stroyed the camps of the Duluth Lum-
Der company, on the Black Hoof, about
nine miles from that place. All the
buildings but the Office were burned.
Fire has been running all through the
woods in that region for the past week,
and it is feared the camps Of A. M.
Miller are also burned. The entire
town of Carlton was in danger of de-
str1lction one day last week.
A large frame building at Detroit.
Becker Co., occupied by the first steam
-four mill on the line of the Northern
Pacific railroad was burned recently.
OF late years it has been occupied by
the storage of wheat and barrel stock.
The fire communicated to the stable of
the owner, Col. George H. Johnston,
and his fine pair Of horses were saved
with difficulty, but valuable buggy,
wagon, hay, harness ETC., were burned.
Loss, $4,000; insurance unknown. The
cause was either incendiary or sparks
from a locomotive. =: 80
In the case of Fl. K. Terrell vs.. Lake
City, the jury returned a verdict of $50
for plaintiff, who slipped on an icy side
walk and sued for 49, 900 damages.
The barn of Mr.. Ostrom, at New
Sweden. was burned with it's contents.
Loss, 81 800; insurance, $500.
Kindred will get $130, 900 for his bo-
nanza farm in Dakota.
The people of Elgin were frightened
Sunday by atmospheric conditions
which seemed to indicate a repetition
Of last years cyclone. Their fears were
happily groundless.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
Hen Rut1er,s Rad Nephew .

Washington Special: George H. Butler,
who is one of the most brilliant men in the
country, but who is unfortunately cursed with
dypsomania, has been voluntary inmate OF
an insane asylum for the last eight months
endeavoring to cure himself of the appetite.
His uncle, Gen. Butler, offered him $4,000 if
he would keep sober year, and he has tried
his best to earn the money but the other day he
came out to see the bicycle parade aud could
not control himself In the morning when he
came over from the asylum he looked as fresh
as Ss but %nss Snk sn he
Being arraigned in the police courtnext day for
drunkenness, he made touching appeal to the
court saying.
This is the first time for eight months,
judge; I've tried, God knows how hard to keep
out drop. !, claim your mercy and consider
alton. Send me over to the asylum in charge
of an officer, and I'll try again.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29

Business men throughout'the coun7-
try regard the late squan in Wall street
as clearing up shower, and do not
seem to be concerned for the future of
legitimate business. They confess, how
ever, to serious scare during the pen
dency of the squall and before they full
ly understood the causes, as we'll as they
do now.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
MARKET Reports.

ST. PAuL-Wheat No. / hard 98@$1. OS;
No. /, soc; No. 2 hard, 9S@96c; No. 2, 0@S5c.
Corn, No. 2, 55c; No. 3, SIC; rejected, SIC.
: Oats, No: 2 mixed, SIC; No. 8 mixed, SOC;
:, Bsrle;, NJ 2, CSC; No. extra, SIC; No.
Rye, No. 2, SIC.
Bsled Hay, wild, $40; timothy, s11.oo!
Potatoes, &(0SOc.
EGGS 12c: .....-
MILWAUKEE -Wheat, No. 2, 91Ac.
Corn, No. 2, 54114055c.
Oats. No. 2, ss@S5c; white, se@se1Sc
ssRyo, Nus1, &c., So ~ a
sRrleysN NJ. q, bhcs II
Mess Pork, $1&15(0&l830
ard,s $G90@46 321fzs~ $50 sss'''#a
Butter, choice creamery, s0@22c; fair to
good, 1s@aci ,bestd.iE, 17@lSe = sI& i
Eggs, E@131ac
cacAeo.-w Wheat, No. 2Chieaso spring, sss1i
(0S9%c. - - S5~~ss .@"~e 20 5!
Corn, 54f@5499sc. : - ~
Oats, 311]1c
Rye, Gle. F., .s-.~.Es>g +. -$~w1s.
Barley, &C. - $;t, ~ ]
Flax Seed, 81. 60 ,.ss:.. ~ ~ p.
Pe1 rs :: :aS 81 7 6@s1s g ssss,
Butter, creamery, N@2so; dairy, ls@lea !.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
Arrest Of q hank Rascal.

James D. Fish, president of the Marine bank,
New York, was arrested Sunday, the 18th, by
Deputy United States Marshal Grimes upon a
wsrrant issued by, United States Marshal
Shields, upon an affidavit made before Com
missioner Shields by Augustus Serbia, national
band examiner. He deposed that after care
fuf examination he found that President Fish
had Incorporated funds belonging to the
bank to the amount of 81, al 900. This was
done between March and May 6, 1884, by a
series of credits to the firm of Grant i Ward
of moneys in sums of from $4,000 to $780,
900 at various dates, and they we're entered in
tho books Of tho bank as loanssto imaginary
persons, and secured by imaginary collaterals
in stocks and bonds, none of which loans had
ever been made, and the transactions we're
stated to be entirely fictitious. =
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
Utah has now ten thousand small

Utah has now ten thousand small
farms averaging twenty five acres, and
the whole must be irrigated. There is
only one large farm in the territory,
and it is owned by company. The
Great Salt Lake, according to Elder
Cannon, contains enough salt to sup
ply America for centuries. All that is
necessary in preparing it for the mark
ct is to drive to the edge of the lake
with q wagon, and man with pair
of rubber boots can load it with a
shovel. 4. The salt lies on the bottom OF
the lake in small coarse crystals.
After loading it is taken to q grinding
machine, and being run through, it is
fit for the table, 80
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29

The man. who is not in debt beyond
his means Of speedy liquidation, or who
has his money invested in property or
in legitimate business enterprise, need
not bother himself about the turmoil in
Wall street Even if he is holder of
the stocks Of good corporation as long
as the dividends come promptly it need
make no difference to him if the nomin-
al price is depressed. If the value is
there it is sure to be recognized when
the excitement is over.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29

For a month past turkies have been
sold in the larger cities Of the north
west for twenty to twenty-five cents
pound, and lately, cabbages at thirty
cents a head One would think that
farming might be. made profitable at
such prices all along the lines of railroads
centering at these localities. But some
prefer to raise less profitable articles.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-05-29
HugRets Of Forei0u News,

: Fhe'@Bndsh ship Syria was wrecked of the
Fiji Islands, and seventy passengers s.all cool
ies. were sdsogned b - ~ ~
Henry F. Gilling, president of the American
exchange, in Paris, gave dinner in that city,
recently, to Augusta Bartholdi;, the sculptor Of
Liberty Enlightening tho World ssssayss r,--,e,
London Gable: Plunger Walton has received
another horsewhipping. This time the drum
ming was administered by German-Americaa
named Loffaer, veterinary surgeon
No confirmation can be heard of the reported
revolutionary outbreak at Linareas MEXICO.
The only report that HIS reached Laredo is u
the effect that a. great conhagration has pre-
vailed at Linares
In the commons Gladstone. announced that
Lord Hay was making an arrangement for the
khedive's steamers with small company OF
British sailors, to patrol the Nile between AS
stout and Wady Halfa The question of Egyp-
tain conference. The government has no inten-
ton of proposing rival dual control