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The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-18
TlHE, PITH or THE NEWS.
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At the examinat ion Of candidates for the ma
val academy Thomas KierulR, Iowa, was re-
tected because he lacked one and one-eighth
inches Of the required height feet Mr..
Hamilton OF New. Jersey was rejected because
OF color blindness. Another candidate was
rejected because one leg was an inoh longer
than the other. The latter candidate never
knew his legs were odds until the naval board
measured them.
The acting comnaissi oner Of pensions has ad-
dressed letter to the officers Of the Associa-
ton Of the Army Of the Cumberland, asking
that they furnish to the pension office the
names and Postofic address Of every officer
and enlisted man attending the annual reunion
This I'm year who i not,a member Of the G. A iiR
This ID IN accordance with the plan adopted BIZ
the pension Office, to complete. as lfar. as may
be roster Of surviving soldiers Of the REBEL.
ion, which will aid applicants in obtaining
proof to sustain their demands for pensions.
The office has already . roster; Of over three
hundred Thousand ext officers and soldiers and
expects to increase the List two hundred
thousand more. Il; II s % !
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-18

United States Consul Piexatto, at
Lyons, France, has forwarded report to
the department of state relative to crops
] this year il France. He says & The
wheat crop viii amount to about 31s,-
600 600 bushels, which Will surpass the
harvest of 1888 BY over ;sO, 0oO, 900
bushels. The quality is excellent. The
re crop will equal 70, 900, 600 bushels
and lqualty very superior Indian corn
VIII amount to 81, OoO, 900 bushels an and
the potato crop ~ ,00O,O bushels
Reports from glands continental
Countries also report q fine wheat crop.
The English crop n particular has rare
sly sbeensso fine. E3S ftSs
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-18
Low %, rarif, P,r1 ~. !

va Mr.. r. z studebaker OF the well known In.
diana wagon making frm Of studebaker Bro
theirs recently gave the; blowing recollectons
Of the prices TINT prevailed ii the old days Of
democratic administEa ton and low tariff: /,
"a remember distinctly the good times before
the war 80 often talked about We then Had q
comparatively small public debt and had the
revenue from the sales Of the pubic lands,
lower still We had 4 tariff for ssrsyenue exs
sclnsiyelyn and no war debt to pay, yet Ne paid
sir GENTS yard forg calico when itswas 81 It's
lowest point Every mannfs ctnred art emade
abroad cost more than it does now nm
der the present trobber tarifI |, and tie
only defense oiir people had "a aga inst
the high price was ID spinning and weaving
the most Of their own goods. Farm hands
we're paid Of the highest S1S per month Corn
3eo, but the spurt was sonly telnp orar, for II
from s35 to 500 and the best COWS could Be-
purchased AZ $l5 to go Hogs sometimes
reached 81. rs pef hundred, but the average
price from is46to 1850 was s2. Butter sold
ut from to 10S cents per pound and eggs
ranged from 3 to 10 cents per dozen, and at
points remote from rivers and lines 81 trans,
sportation there was no mhrke for any farm
products except HE cereals and Live stock
y those days We sold wagons at retail for s11O
which VII ~ We now sell q va PloWs which then
s9a 1qs s w ars n0 ssla Labor
thanit did then, while every manufa ctpred
and imported article which labor uses or con-
sumes sells from 20 10 200 per cent cheaper
than IL did before the war, and the only arti-
5cles which command higher pFicas are those
produced on tho farm. f35;s sll
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Ehe Pacific statea snre ior Rla.ns.

Ghicago, !. Special Telsg gram, Sept
Among yesterdays arrivals At the Grand Pa
cifc was Secretary Of the Interior Henry III.
Teller, who was hurrying through from Dem
yerto attend the late Secretary Folger'a sfun-j
elal lin regardsto politics, he said that
Colorado was snre for Blaine and Logan by:
several thousand majority. The same would
apply 70 all the Pacific sstates All the ad-
vices he had had from California were most
5encouraging When asked what the position
time, he replied that he was not taking any
hand infhe fight now, though he might before
the campaign was over. He thought Senator
Hills chances for reelection were not very
good. The opposition seemed 10 have the IN.
side track While Mr.. Teller did mot Say he
wasa candidate, yet hes distinctly Affirmed
that be would not decline the honor IL II was
held open to him, and the impf ession conveyed
;wasthath he was an aspirant indirectly, ii not
directly He also stated that he did not think
Tabor could get the nomination for Governor.
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& The Great W 4 4: FLOOD 4, i. .

The Chippewa and other Wisconsin rivers
| were;on 9 great rampage last week a dis
fpatck; from ghippewa Falls says: " e1nessia;yJ
night was one Of horror here In the city, the
water raising rapidly mp to6 O'clock this morn
street and many Of the firms removed their
goods. There was two feet Of water in the
postofice. The Little Falls and Paint Creek
dams are out There were about two hundred
million feet Of logs in the Little Falls dam, and
The rise 10 over thirty feet-the d biggest
food ever known on the river The
| two Wisconsin railroad ~ bridges went
out little after y midnight carrying:
the wagon bridge with them. All the
bridges 1t Eau Claire are gone except the omaI
ha railroad bridge. (. The bank on the south
side, opposite the central depot is cut into
l5O feet, carrying away the Omaha roadbed
The iron WAS removed from the track in anti
cipadon Of the break II sti5$ So
Fifteen buildings were carried. down from
the city side and upward OF twenty from the
South side The loss is not less than d, O0N, Z
COO. The Omaha bridge lis tho only one left
standing. Over fifty business places are inun-s:
dated. The bridges throughout the country
| have almost without an exception been carried
away, which will have q tendency to depress
trade for some time to come I.
"A special from Eau Claire says: AT daylight
Thursday morning the Chippe showed at the
water gauge twenty -one feet covering an Inn.
Iueus6 t6tIltOTy.il Iuo IGnt tW&8 one OF WILD
excitement through the city, dark with prog
poets Of additional rain. bout four o'clock
the west half Of the Madison street bridge gave
away, the monster fmbers floating down the
river. When the new docking Just placed at
the mouth Of the Chippewa suddenly gave way
this with the force Of the structure carried away
the railway, as well as the Kelsey street bridge
The crash could be heard for mileaz Az soon
as this occurred the bell from the engine
houses gave general ALARM, and soon mora
than half the population was astir. On the
two structures rushed in THAR maddened
course till they came in contact with the rail-
way bridge, which was demolished by tho coll
ision The food is the worst that has ever
occurred in this section, not only in the quan-
ity Of water, but the loss sustained: Atmid-
night the river is declining rapidly The citi-
zens are feeling better, but exceedingly regret
the loss Of the three brid ges.S The entire loss
the city by the food is splsced ~ 4501, 600
The loss ID. the milwaukee, q ST Paul Railway
company by washoutss and loss Of bridge q
$40G 900, and the loss by the destruction Of
private and public properly ID the Chippewa
valley is $150, 600 "a
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The late Senator Anthony of Rhode
Island, took his seat in the Senate Of
the United States on the 9th Of Deem.
bet 1855: OF the men who sat in the
SIS Senate with Mr., Anthony that day not
one i 9 member Of that body now Z. and
very, few are still living. Public life
in this country IS camp ratively short
a q seat IN the senate, the summit with
few exceptions, Of political ambition, is:
rarely held more than twelve years, the
limit Of two TERMS /. 55is,,:s5z 5.5;;.
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H q, Of Por,.eeixinQHsv,t

Hu8ReESt OF fofe19n 4Hew1.I'sIsSs3 ~
+. ". Q. Grant, lately an assistant bailiff al
Omararu, New Zealand has succeeded to the
ETC, 600 81 E55sN s.
According to official statements the total
number Of forces under the French flag in Ton.
quin is Is, 900. OF these IA, 900 are Europeans
and the remainder 1ni native auxiliary troopa
M Mervyn Smith, = wealthy citizen Of Montreal,
who married handsome American girl, named
Kate Wheeler, ten years ago, has become
jealous 6 of an tEnglish. coachman, and has
entered suit for aseparation. .st ii f..s
Arrangem have; been made for the three
:emperors to meet at Count Henckel's castle
near Kattewitz, in Prussinn silesia Empero,
William started for the meeting place on Sun
day evening. Prince Bismarck, Count Her
bert Bismarck and Gen: Alldyle will accom-
lister. starts for Poland to be present at the
meeting FL; %3;i -
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-18

4 Miss Mamie W Himea of Fargo and Charles
Baker oftSt Louis were married in Fargo re-
Gently, and started east on . bridal tour. H
John o,sYaughan, q once famous editor, law
yer and politician, was discovered in the conn-
" poorhouse at Cleveland, recently. He be-
came famous as an abolitionist eis $Sl \:
William Sherman, e1- United States sub treas
urer Of San Francisco, died recently, he was
possessed Of large wealth, was a relative: Of
Gen. W. 7. Sherman, and for thirty years acted
as agent Of the Sherman property.
Coy. Proctor Knott addresses . long letter to
the people Of Kentucky touching the penitenti;;
airy, the convict labor question and the con.
tract system, and giving his reasons for de-
clining to call an extra session Of the
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-18

y. New York aldermen gave away the
franchise Of the Broadway surface rail
road for no consid Grafton whatever to
the city though tits suspected that the
aldermen were benefited to the sum
gof $500 900, audit is stated that parties
were anxious to pay the city over mil
lions Of course, there is great indig-
nation, hut the horse is stolen. 5,35 $s3i
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I, ST = u 5, - e n, {siS, ! 5l-55i
Record OF Casualties,

Perry Valley, Iowa, had little taste Of cy.
clone Tuesday night ,Sl.5.
:; I'D; Salt COPS wooden mill OF Portsmouth,
Ohio burned Loss sso. 900 fully insured DE
/ The he factory Of the Eagle Furniture Works,
S Salt 9r was burned recently Loss, $780,
"a block Of stores at Midland, Ont extending
from Queens hotel to Dominion avenue was
burned. ~ Loss, $50, 900; partly insured.
son Of Rev. Clinton Locke, Of Chicago;
dropped lighted cigar into keg, Of %. gunpow.
del, AMI almost wrecked the rectory, but him
sell escaped with ebrows somewhat corched.
AtEast Liverpool, Ohio, Walker i IS ire
brick works, together with several small ont.
aoufS Six Cleveland d. Pittsburg railroad
freight cars and numerous telegraph poles
we're destroyed by fire Loss, S25, 900 At 3Sts
At the coroner's office, Tuesday morning
between and 10, there were reported twenty
i've. sudden deaths, many Of which were idis
rectiy or indirectly due 70 the heat The: total
eighteen, and in Brook ynt fourteen, three he
ing fatal. Il 20
The terrible suffering Of Capt Murphy and
the crew Of the bark Anita Owen from yellow
fever have seldom been eqnaIed. Capt Muir.
Ply SciiSusl3ou o4utiASO Q6 OuD2 ZOE NEW 1OCE
with crew Of five men OF the captain and
two mates and his wife, and q man named Con-
way,SWho was sick with the fever when the yes
sci started but begged to be taken on board,
Conway is the only man OF the crew alive the
rest having died of the fever on the passage
The captain and mate suffered terribly from,
the disease, but managed to navigate the yes-.
sc, and reach New York on wi dnesday last
Additional reports from Wisconsin cyclone
territory show that while not conveying an ex-
tended area, the storm was decidedly thorough
as regards destructiveness. Clear Lake SUI
Tered to the extent of $3.50, 600 From Marine.
to Clear Lake the track OF the storm was from
eight to fifteen miles wide and the loss: yery5
heavy The damage to timber alone ii that
section is placed at 81, O00, 000 and to farm
buildings, machinery and the like at $500, 900
Some estimates place the total loss as high as
n, OO0, coo. Considering the violence Of the
storm the loss OF life was surprisingly small
Mitchell, Oak, Special: Fire last night,
by5which several Of the best business build
ings of the city were laid IN ruins, is serious
blow to Mitchell The work 81 rebuilding will
cQJnmence at once. Letcher & Co.'s loss is
900. insurance go, COO; Ne a. Rowley,
who owned the building occupied by L 81
Shauer 4 Co, lost 50, 900; insured for 50, 900;
the stock was valued at SIS, 600 and was in
sured for about one third Il q. Gale and p. T.
McGovern lost about S25 600 each, and were
insured for about half q photograph gallery
and . law Office on the second floor Of the
RoWley building were o. total loss. II! was
only by the utmost e1erions on the part of
the dremen and citizens that the. fire was pre-;
vented from spreading to other buildings
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New. ! York las added ID. Ol|fl. ()OOI

New York has added u, oOO, 900 GAL
! Ions Of water = day to the Croton sup
Ply of IS, 0O0, 10000 This extra supply
comes from Q lake that IS fed exclusively
by springs, and is turned into the Gro
ton pipes after it reaches the city. Over
fifty gallons, q day to each inhabitant
would seem 10 be more than ample. as
Sit is, buti the largest PORTIONS used for
public purposes, and waste, which is
I immense, v III
The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1884-09-18

Augusta, Me- telegr ram Monday night tho
Republicans Of Augusta held a great Jubilee
oyer the result 81 the elscti Retgrest were
received At Meoni6u liall, ana iapeeciles were
made BY citizens and yisftora AL o,clock 4
procession was formed md marched to tle,
reside nceS OF Mi Blaine amid cheering all along
the line. Arriving In front Of Mr. Bfain9 res
idence, tho band played md agreat crowd
shouting fors Blaine Id + response. Is Mi.
Blsine sdyanced 10 the er,trance Ok Ills fouse
amid cheers and addressed tho assembled peo-
pie, as follows. II 10
Fellow Citizea and Old Friends me repubs
Hcans % Maine tssy wen congratpIate them
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The nritohell conilagration.

Mitchell, Oak, Special Telegram That
portion Of this city where number of the larg-
est and fneststocks Of goods In Dakots were.
handsomely displayed atearly ;lamplight Tues
day evening wasia mass Of smonld ering ruins
before midnight Nothing is known Of the or
igin Of the lire other than stated in TIC first
dispatch It found the city almost entirely
without protection, and had itnot been for the
nerYe Of tho fire company and cftizons, aided
BY 9 comparative calm, from half to two.thirds
Of the business portion Of the city would have
been entirely destroyed. As tits no inconsider:
able damage has been done ant 1.-THE destruction
Of such large stocks, 30 lately Teplehished ifoI
the fall trade, is seYere blow to the meachants,
especially as the tradei just opening; but
the people are not by any means despond-
emit Before sunrise the merchants who suf-I
fered in the fire were on the scene, having the
ruins cleared away and preparingIt to open iurS
business. Following Is an approx mately corr
rect estimate Of losses. d n IS
l$ Loss. Il s;4s
y. McGoYern, building and stock. \. ). ga, 600
u Gale, building and stock Z. !. QUO
Terpennlng, stock. &: 1. Z. S.
Indra = Bingenheimer. building and
L 8 Shauer, Stock !. !, 3. II. - ~
NJ a. Rowley, building. s. .ss II l. ~ OO0
Letcher 4 Co, building and stock .: I. $1,000!
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Railroad ana Riv,r !; ,r y, /,

x . -. eAG ssAAst Is1S0E y oWb. ~ ),
The Wisconsin Minnesota & Pacific filed o
first mortgage Of 81, $40, 600, the money to be
used for an extension from Waterville to Gay
David Swan, who until recently, was the
asher of the Northern Pacific Railroad com
.pany, in its office in st Paul, is charged with
having embezzeled sa1, eA6 o. The company
has begun in the supreme court in New York,
. suit against Swan to recover the money, and
its attorney MIR. Gray, has obtained from
Judge Donohuel an attachment against what
ever property he may be found to have in this
state Robert u Belknap, the treasurer 81 the
attachment was granted He charges that on
Feb, Is last Swan appropriated 81, 600 belong
ing the company to his own use; that Eon
Feb, % The appropriated 81, 900; on Feb. 81 So
OoO; Feb. 49, s9, 746 0S and on Jnne21, 81, 500
1- .FF sd
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i dadning it's position IA an ndanar,

n saenhln8 us position as an Independent
democratic paper the New York SIM saws:
The Sun has long supported the democratic
party and wishes t0:support 1t now; but II In
6eSGme tred Ct standing BY i. il fatal and
cleveland Is ono Of these, and lie Snn Al ~
70 stand py the, party Id that nomination. M
are happy to add that very Great prnnnrt;n,,
Of the democrats of the country are If lila SAM
mind ~, as the Sun: They can not stand Grover
I Cleveland for president 4 =, 80 80:
b New York Special The Oar drivers, I ana
{ Condpctors association have about i. 600 mem.
bers On the roll throughout the state. AZ nm
wv are 10 this city. Alta large meetinp whscI,
Was netd last Week, resolutions were enfhms;t
astically adopted denouncing Gov Cieyaiard I
acno9 riding the car drivers and confIn n.
sors Dt ana cordially inviting All men, ire,
the election Of Blaine and Logan " ~
q thank doa, said til, newyopng Iowa; Ill II.
tar. Dolliyer who IL mora than ! match n,
t hhnsesse., mat We balong to party that aayes
,its actnal leadership With tSo Dan,oSfsi VI u
pafty, nominations are made NOT 90 muci.S m
represent the party ID to disguiAait ii "a ionS
ss.tInggie Tor existence the men who have mafio
it, a nn,a y. g. ne Party go 70 the wall d
aa.es and platform never throw any iiEEt
Mhaassyer elther on its management or III faifE
ln;fect, modern Democrats pf Inc uracficai
scnooi nave no creed except tile oath Of oiico.
& q Mrs Parnell, while admitting Cleveland aava.
1.-THE members Of he Irish National party ~
Gael would cd oyer % fin, III 4 Nh, \,
according 70 her estimat 10 fhe defe.tIon IL I'm
circles ID really moro exfensiva IN
q iaost people had supp posed n Y ss.'4
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Extract from speech delivered BY Senator
3Hoar Of = Blaine ratification meeting held il

Il: Extract from . speech delivered BY Senator
3Hoar Of a Blaine ratification meeting held in
Boston: III " FFsss.s8 {s;, ~,
\ Another question, next in dignity, il that i 81
Sthewages Of the American workman We do
not accept the teachings Of that political econ
7omy with it's tidings of despair, which tells ia
that 1T is the lot Of the workman forever to toll
for bare life We :believe this country Is gov.
erned, y TO be governed and ought to be gov.
serned BY the mem who work with their hands
on farms and in shops Unless these men
shall have g return for their labor, which shall
bring them leisure, comfort, education for their
children, they cannot preserve tie titles
needed for citzenship and the republic nliist
fan. There may bea great and powerful nation
on thus continent on otherterms but there can-
not be great republic. This end can f3iIIy
be secured byt the maintenance Of, the
american system. The prices OF MANY other
things, the rates Of exchange, are, in tie arti:
hctal arraugements OF commerce. determined
in Great Britain. We do not propose to ana,
mex American labor to that market We be-.
neYe that by p judicious system of protection.
framed for that purpose, this result can Be
and - secured, and thai agriculture, manu-
5acture and commerce will alihe be benefited:
In that belief Hamilton Madison, Jefferson.
Webster, Clay, Lincoln, almost every An1sri.
;oan statesman whose fame has survived the
sound OF the earth Jon his co fin, in that
belief almost every employees of labor and al.
most eyefym man who. labors himself. ooncne
with us a few theoretic economists. q few
college professors, aud the great bulk al, ths
old owners Of plantations and slave labor flif,
Ter with us Wepropose to debate that ones
lion with them and take the verdict 81 lie
American people - IS q
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a Lesson to 1ndepan elants.

Hon. Henry r, Pierson, of Albany, Chancel.
lor. Of the Regents Of the University, was adj
dressed by the National Committee Of indie
pendents, on tho presunntions that he was
Zone in sympathy with the independent anti
Blaine movement, and asked to enroll himself
and send other namea Mr.. Pierson replied;
am cory am 80 misrepresented Ny re.
greet on my own account is only exceeded by
what Ifeel from seeing the action Of SO many
good and true men, whom have learned to
respect for sturdy honesty and tried fidelity to
q party which we all helped to make, and whose
mission is not yet ended, but which they ara
now strangely trying TO destroy. cannot un-i
been somewhat active in the Republican party.
1T was born in D time Of tionaf peril II took
for It's motto, 1.-THE Union shall Be preserved,
and alt men shall have equal rights. While /
have been been often ashamed and vexed at the
Individual swicked ness and inf deity of mem
'bers Of my party, more or less distinguished. I
have seen the grand old party hold to its mis-
Sslon. 1t has achieved 8 great success and has
record which achieves for it Immortality,
IN spite of the: mistakes and errors OF many
who belong tot II II 81 act with you help
to destroy it and to hand over my country
to those who endeayored to destroy this
Nation solid South with Just enough ,oi
the loyal north as will with them carry tho
election That is all that the most sang1ine..
honest democrat hopes to do. The time may
conle WIEN " Will 90 10 change; but tbs not
nov; we are not quite across the stream MI,
Blaine was not my choice, but he was fairly
nominated, after d full discussion Ii. q conyen-
tons 81 men fairly chosen, and who had voice
and took part in the convention, and think ii
not only blished political usage, but
one OF pohhcai fairness, which demands that
" sg@lnss sh9a!a g saRgos.sa ~ Ehe
still the right Of personal Judgment must not
ne unfairly questioned las in such mattera
opinion lam very sorry for q disgraceful and
idemoralizing personality that marks this can
yass. It should be frowned down by all true
men without disinc hon Of party twish all
men would vote honestly, using their best
Judgment with dignity, self respect and pa
tat all hazards. shall do al I can to aid III
the election Of James. G. Blaine. a