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The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16

Governor Bourne of Rhode Island,
tells the people of this little State some
plain truths about the growth of the
divorce scandal. 1t seems that the
ratio of divorces to marriages is con-
stantly increasing, and already has
reached the proportion of one divorce
to nine and seven-tenths marriages.
This ratio becomes, as the Governor
says, absolutely startling" when it is
considered that probably a third of the
population are Roman Catholics and
therefore cut off from divorce entirely,
since this would make the proportion
among the rest of the people as high as
one to every six or seven marriages.
A large majority of the divorces were
granted without opposition, and by col
fusion between the parties, upon ex-
parte dispositions. The ease with which
the marriage tie is severed in Rhode
Island has become SO notorious that
outsiders often go to the State and stay
long enough to obtain the legal "resi-
dence" required, in order to procure
divorces which they could not hope tc
get elsewhere.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16
pakotians in Washington.

At a meeting held on the sth of Dakotians in.
terested in the opening up of the great Sioux
Indian reservation a committee consisting Of
Judge c. G. Moody, j. H.. King, Barney Caul.
field, A. g. Kelum, and Register Luse of Dead.
wood were appointed q committee to visit Sen.
ator Dawes, chairman of the Indian committee
sent out last summer; Nh. Holman, chairman
Of the subcommittee on Indian appropriations
missioner of Indian Affairs Price
with q view of securing conceri
Of action. They have already visited Senator
Dawes, who favors opening the reservation
but, at the instance of certain missionary soci.
cites, wants an extra appropriation fortho ben.
eft Of the Indians in an educational way. This
proposition is opposed by MI. Holman, who ia.
yors the original agreement of last year. Sec
rotary Teller and COMMISSIONS Price are al
ready committed in favor of the treaty, and il
is very likely thatif this cannot be concluded
nothing can be lone this congress.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16
Fridav. Eebyunyv 4.

SENATE.-A resolution was offered for a Joint
committee to investigate removals of employees
of the two houses, and the reasons therefor.
A bill for the relief of the American merchant
marine was reported from tho committee on
commerce. Bills were introduced creating a
commission to investigate and report on the
progress made by the coloredpeoplc since 1865;
and dividing Minnesota into two judicial dis
tricts. (Mr. Sabin). Debate cnsued on the
Greedy relief bill, Mr.. Ingalls, sharply criticising
the official action of the secretary of the navy
in the premises, and Mr.. Hale defending the
secretary. Tho Mexican land grant titles bill
passed. Adjourned till Monday.
HoUsE.-Reports were Submitted in the con-
tested election cases of Manning We. Chalmers,
Mississippi; and Garrison, vs.. Mayo, Virginia.
In tho first case neither claimant is awarded
the seat, and in the second the contested is ia
vored. The report of the committee on rules
was discussed and adopted. The naval appro-
priation bill was reported. A bill was intro
duced appropriating 100000 O annually for
the common schools Of the country. The bill
providing for the muster and pay of certain Of
ficers and men of the volunteer service passed.
A committee to investigate the Keifer-Boynton
charges was announced. A joint resolution
was presented appropriating $1,000 O for suf-
ferers from the floods in Ohio, Pennsylvania
and West Virginia. Adjourned till the 18th
inst,
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16
A Large Defalcation.


Troy, N. Y, Special-Hen,y S. Church, for
nearly six years chamberlain of this city, dis
appeared on the Sth, leaving ostensibly for
Springfield, Mass, on business. 1t was ascer-
tanned he was a d%efaulter, and an examination
of his books shows a defaculation of $77,6OO,
and it will poobably be much larger. A war;
rant has been issued, and a reward of s :, 200
offered for his arrest. 1t is thought that
ing to retrieve losses sustained in business.
He took $500 of the city's money with him,
and is supposed to have left the country. MIR.
Church gave a bond for $4,000 when appoint
ed, but did renew it when nominated for a Sec
ond term. 1t is claimed, therefore, that the
sureties are only liable for the amount of de-
faculation during his first term. Mr.. Church
was also q water Commissioner. The common
council confirmed H. Hall to succeed Mr..
Church,
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16
THE WEALTH OF DAKOTA,
A Careful Estimate Shows . Total Populatio,
Of SSS,62l, Or Increase Of Over
10000 in . Year
An Assessed Valuation Of Property Of Owe
$4,000, 600, or an Increase Of
80 Per Cent.

YANKToN, Special Correspondence, Feb,
IA good deal is written nowadays about
the material resources of Dakota, but
sbsolute figures are not always accessible,
This is especially true in regard to the pop
~ulation, whichis estimated to be all the way
from 100000 to $4,000, according to in
livtdual enthusiasm No authentic figures
nave been made since 1880, when there
we're in round numbers In the whole terri
:ory $4,000 souls. In July, 1882, Gen.
3eadle and others prepared a table of
estimates of population, based on the best
lata obtainable. This gave the territory
something over 211,OOO. Last spring the
immigration into Dakota, as is well known,
was simply astonishing. Careful estimates
'requently placed the number as high us
5000 in a single day. 1t is quite likely
hat the total increase for last
year was not far from 1875, 900
people. I have for several months been en-
ieavoring to get some figures that will show
the approximate population of the territory,
md I have prepared the table which is given
below. The superintendent of public in
,truction has again e~ndeavored to prepare
IN estimate on the population, and the fig
ures are partly from him, but generally from
the counties direct They may be too low i n
some cases and too high in others. They are,
perhaps, as a whole, as correct as possible
without an actual count The estimate for
last year, compared with 1882, is as follows:
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16
Michigan supreme court this week for the first

Michigan supreme court this week for the first
time in years.
Leander Richardson asserts that Lotta will
marry the dudesque Cecil Ryne, who was her
leading man" in her last tour In this country
for $40 q week.
The Rev. Leonard Woolsey Bacon created a
sensation by recently preaching in a Worces-
ter, Mass, Unitarian pulpit, and wearing the
White surplice Of that denomination.
A colossal bronze statue of Gen. Robert E.
Lee has just been completed by a New York
mahnIaetur1ng company, to be placed in the
PUBLIC square in New Orleans, where it will be
unveiled on Washington's birthday.
II. NJ. Knox and Rev. DR.. Breed, of st. Paul,
sailed for Europe on the White Star steamer
Britannia, recently. They were entertained at
dinner in New York by Gen. r. N. McLaren,
who is spending the winter in the metropolis
with his family.
Frederick Kellogg of Downer's Grove, ILL.,, a
veteran OF the. Mexican war, has received notice
to appear before the surrogate of New York on
Feo. ,le, to claim an estate of 81, 00O,0 U, left
him by a deceased brother whom he had not
seen for forty-nine years.
The late Henry E. Packer, president of the
Lehigh Valley Railway company, bequeathed
twenty twenty-thirds of his fortune. estimated
at Ss,O00,OOO, to his wife during her life, at her
decease it to go to Lehigh university, and the
other three twenty-thirds to ST. Luke's hospi-
tai at Wilkesbarre.
Miss Hill, who has caused Sharon's heart to
ache, is not less than forty-fve years old, with
regular features, keen, dark eyes, showing
crows feet at the corners, and a determined
mouth. What gives her an Appearance Of
maturity is the loose skin which has settled in
slight folds under her china popularity that
is unknown to youth.
The bronze statute of Gen. Robert F. Lee
, has just been completed. 1t represents Gen.
Lee as standing with folded arms, his regula-
ton SLOUGH hat set firmly on his head, his coat
buttoned snugly about him and his high topped
cavalry boots reaching to his knees. TIL stat
ute, when placed in the public square at New
Orleans, will be Ill feet from the ground.
A meeting of the friends of tho late Jerome
j. Collins, who persisted with De Longs party,
was held in the Herald building, New York
on the evening of the Sth inst. Some sixty
persons being present. Judge DAILY presided,
Resolutions in honor of the memory of Capt.
Collins We're adopted, and addresses were made
upon his character as q journalist and upon
his fate as a membe of the Jeanette explor-
ing party.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16
A Startling Mining Episode.

wilkesbarre, Pa, Special: The borough Of
Hazelton, in the lower part of this county, a
city of 5000 inhabitants, was thrown into a
fearful state of excitement by the caving in of
an entire square in the central part of the Dor
ough. The drop was about three feet, caused
f fy the agG ilxI;iag way ys of tine t5m's Tsra in the e. Sugar agar
houses including a hotel, were entirely wrecked,
while numbers of others were more or less in
jured. The residence of Master Mechanic
Clark, of the Lehigh Valley railroad shops,
was utterly demolished. Fortunately, no lives
were sacrificed nor anybody injured. 1t is re-
ported that grave apprehensions exist in Hazel
ton concerning further settling of the
surface. This is the first time the town is
known to have suffered from q cavein directly
IN it's business center.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16
The Starving Mile Laos.

communication written by Gov. Hubbard
to Maj. G. @. Luce, Indian agent at White
Earth, has been received at the interior de-
partment setting forth the deplorable condition
of the Mile Laos Indians. Gov Hubbard says:
Information given me by ex-senator Sim
St. Paul, and others regarding the condition of
Indians at Mile Laos leads me to request you
to visit them and personally learn the truth
about the situation, which I am led to believe is
likely to become fatal to them and disgracefu]
to the government unless timely help be Of
forded them. Many Of them are reported to be
in a state of utter restitution. Their rice crop
was q failure. Their act of violence in the de.
struction of the dam of the Pam river was o re-
suit of the anxiety and desperation which that
failure caused them. They can make no sales
Of their hay because no loggers are going into
rne thonas mere ~, ane ;ys,; nave Sa nee nun unaDle 10 sup,
the lack of snow. I am informed they have moi
received their annuties.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16
Cen. sharmau,s retirement.

Washington, Feb. 8.-The president to-day
issued the following order, announcing the re-
tirement of Gen. Sherman:
Gen. William T. Sherman, general of the
army, having this day reached the age of sixty
four years, is, in accordance with law, placed
upon the retired list of the army without the
restriction of pay and allowances. The on
nouncement of the severance from the COM
mand of the army of one who has been so many
years it's distinguished chief, can but awaken
in the minds, not only Of the army, but of the
people of the United States, mingled emotions
Of regret and gratitude; regret at tho with
drawal from active military service of an officer
whose lofty sense of duty has been q model for
all soldiers since he first entered the army in
July, 1910, and gratitude, freshly awakened for
services of incalculable value rendered by him
in the war for the Union which his great mill
tary genius and daring did so much to end.
The president deems this a fitting occasion to
give expression in this manner to tho gratitude
felt towards Gen. Sherman by his fellow citi-
zens and to hope that providence may grant
him many years of health and in relief from
the active duties of his profession.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16

In the United staes the growing
distance between the extreme of wealth
and poverty is very great at all
times, but it is SO strongly
marked as in periods of commercial dis
tress. While the cities are full of idle
mechanics and laborers, and the scar.
city of work is followed by low wages
and suffering, the balls and parties of
the rich are as magnificent as ever, and
the sums lavished upon amusements
and luxuries of all kinds are enormous.
It lisa state of affairs impossible to
change greatly for the better but which
no patriotic citizen can contemplate
with pleasure. If there is any time
when great wealth should be less osten-
tatious than another, it is when there
is unusual sufferings among the poor
and depression. A little more than q
year ago, just before Christmas, there
wa a representation in a shop win
dow of an eastern city at Christmas
eve in the parlors Of the rich, and in
the novels of the very poor. The con.
trast was extreme and horrible. Sew
eral thoughtful people protested to the
proprietor that it was injudicious tc
harrow the feelings of the unhappy
by such o contrast. The result was that
one evening the windows were smashed
and the representation DESTROYED nv
those who were stung to madness by
unexaggerated representations of life a
it is: There is q lesson in this. Those
who have wealth can enjoy it-all tc
themselves if sc disposed-but should
pot f1aunt it in the faces of the poor.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16

Secretary Folzer, in his ardor direct
ing the supervising inspector of steam
vessels to examine Mrs. Mary A. Miller
Of New Orleans, as to her qualifications
as master of a steamboat, he says he
knows of no reason why q woman, if
skilled, honest and intelligent, hardy
and prudent has not as good a right to
command q steam vessel and navigate it
as a man if she wants to. Woman hav-
ing been put on Gods footstool by the
Great Oliver of all good things, has a
right to earn her bread in any honest
way she may elect, and no man has the
right to say her nay, no matter whether
she worUs in skirts OF breeches.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16
A Desperate Minnesota 1unatio.

Brainerd, Special Telegram.-A messenger,
just arrived from Nicholson for a surgeon,
reports a fatal shooting affair at Ami Goulds
ranch the Sth inst. A lumberman i'll Gould's
employ loaded q shot gun after dinner and
meeting Miss Mimic Loche, tho sister OF
Gould's wife, deliberately shot her in the left
side, breaking her left arm. He then started
down the road and meeting Gould and a hired
man with a load of hay, fired two shots at
them without effect, they having covered them
selves in the hay. After passing them he re-
loaded the gun and shot himself in the head,
blowing his brains out and of course produc-
ing instant death. No cause is assigned by the
messenger, who is unable to give the suicides
name, but says he was insane.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16
Wiednesday, February 6.

~sESATE.-The bill for tho suppression and
prevention of disease among domestic ami
mails was reported favorably. Bills were in
troduced increasing the efficiency of the army
and Identifying Iowa under various acts re-
latlnS to swamp and overlooked lands.
HoUsE.-Bills We're introduced authorizing
the purchase of snug harbors for disabled
seamen, and for the establishment of a branch
soldiers home in a western state. After the
presentation of several resolutions of inquiry,
the house passed to the consideration of the
plcnro-pneumonia bill, and strong opposi-
ton to the measure was shown its opponents
arguing from the state rights standpoint
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16

A physician writes: "Water, to pro-
duce it's medicinal effects, should be
taken hot, not simply warm. It should
be from 10 to150 degrees Fahrenheit,
or Us hot as tea or coffee when first
poured out. It should then be slipped
slowly, SO as not to distend the stomach.
It should be taken an hour or so before
each meal, and half an hour before
retiring. About one-half pint should
be taken ct each time, making one
quart during the twenty-four hours.
1t may be taken clear, or a little lemon
juice or aromatic spirits Or ginger or
o may be added"
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16

Henry Willard has written a touching
letter to the Chamber of Commerce Of
st. Paul in response to IN official ex-
preston of high personal application
and of sympathy in his misfortunes.
The grateful act of the Chamber was
fully appreciated. 1t was an instance,
somewhat rare, of bending sympathetic
cally owe a PROSTATE man, instead of
kicking him. It pays to do such things
in the long run-both in this world and
in the world to come.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16

Beecher was charged in a newspaper
with visiting Mrs. Langtrys's perform
ance, but he pleads an alibi, that he
was in Boston at the time stated, and
suggests that he has q double who
makes him trouble, and wants some
n to ''catch him, examine him in the
ology and make him preach, and so de-
tect the rascal" Beecher does not go
so far as to intimate that his "donble"
got him into shis great SORROW as he
calls 1.-THE Tilton scandal.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16
A Horrible Sensation.

A sensation has been created at Dayton, O.,
by the discovery of the fact that Miss Hockwalt
a young woman of high social connections, who
was supposed died suddenly Jan. 90, was bur-
led alive. The horrible truth was discovered a
few days ago, and since then it has been the
talk of the city. 1t is stated that when the coffin
was opened it was discovered that the supposed
inaniinate body had turned upon it's right side.
Tho hair of the head had been torn out in hand
fuls and the fingers had been bitten from the
bones. The body was reinterred and efforts
made to conceal the case. but there are those
who state that they saw the body and know the
truth of the facts narrated.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16
Ex-Judge Bleckley, of Georgia. lives

Ex-Judge Bleckley, of Georgia, lives
alone in q little cabin on Screamer
Mountain, in Rabun county, Georgia.
Now and then q shepherd looking for
lost sheep calls on him, and occasionally
the Judge runs down to Atlanta. sI
have the best of companions" he said
the other day. "I have thirteen vol
umes of Herbert Spencer, three vol
umes of Gibbons Rome and nine vol
umes of Thoreau. 1 read Spencer
when I want work, Gibbon when + want
rest and Thoreau when I want recre-
alton" nl-health prompts the Judge
to seek mountain air.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16
7N,t,.sdau. FebrMnau z.

SENATE.-A mild sensation was createdin the
senate by MI. Beck, who introduced q rcsolu-
ton directing the committee on civil service to
investigate and report upon the discharge by
the scrgeant-at-arms of a colorcd employee
named Dudley, who had been he said, a soldier
in the war, and an efficient employee. Mr.. Nor
rill attempted to bring up his bill to provide a
building for the congressional library which
brought down upon him q storm of objections.
Mr.. Morrill, asked unanimous consent to
make a few remarks upon the bill and then let
the senate fix a day for its consideration. This
was granted, and Mr. Morrill, proceededto read
a carefully prepared argument in favor of the
measure which occupied about forty minutes,
during which time Senator Anthony fell asleep
twice and the other senators read the morning
papers and attended to their correspondence.
The following nominations were sent to the
senate by the president. Consuls, Robert j.
Stevens. Victoria, b. c.; Eugene o. Fechet,
Michigan, Pasdel Porte; Philip Carroll, Paler-
my; Allen Francis, Port Stanley and Thomas,
Ont.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16

Prof. Thompson, of Glasgow, says
the magnetic pole is nov more than q
thousand miles west of the geographic
al pole. In 1867 the position of the
needle showed the position of the mag
netic pole to be due north. It had
been eastward before that; it then be-
gan to point westward, and this west
ward variation continued to increase
until 1916, when the maximum was at
tanned; it has since steadily diminished,
and in 1916 it will again point to the
true north. The present whereabouts
of the giddy thing is Boothia Felix.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16

40e NT4U14ua1 C~a41euOaC.
John Mclean of Bismarck has been indicted
as principal in the woodworking business.
George Thompson of Brooklyn has spent
sixty out of his eighty-four years in Sing Sing
prison, on short sentences, and has just been
sent there again.
James Graham of New Orleans shot and
killed his wife and then cut his own throat
He is believed to have been suffering mental
depression from drink.
In Wilcox county, Ala, r. D. Boykin, a
prominent attorney and planter, was shot dead
by a negro. Tho murderer said he was hired
to do the deed by o man in New Orleans.
A Red Wing paper says G.. D. NJ. Allen, now
under arrest at Sioux Falls, was a former resi-
known with about $3.50 of other peoples
money in 1880.
j. Lindon, aged twenty years, teller of the
Hamden Mass Savings bank, has confessed
embezzling 5000. He has been three years in
the employ of the bank. He joined a Sunday
school last winter.
Burnham Wardel, the well-known prison
reformer of Worcester, Mass, has been SEN
fenced by Judge Rockwell to one year in Ded.
ham Jail for libel upon Gen. A. B. r. Sprague,
sheriff Of Worcester county, uttered in a prison
reform lecture.
A gang of five youthful burglars has beer
discovered in Bridgeport, Conn, their ages
ranging, from sixteen to twenty years.. They
achieved twenty-six burglarics, one highway
robbery and had plans perfected for extensive
counterfeiting and a burglaries.
Chamberlin Church of Troy, N. Y, is mis-.
sing. An unfinished examination of books
anNvua az Nn Nf fY3~Io roxo TTl1- Cl...--y
was reappointed in 1882 his bond was renewed
and the city loses all tho amounts defaulted
since that date. Church held tho Office nearly
/ nine years.
Aide Kalb, Mo-, Columbus Spratt, an eighteen
year old boy, shot and killed James Mitchell
after having been worsted by Mitchell in a fs
fight Spratt provoked the fight because
Mitchell was a friend and defender of Franl
Brown, who murdered Spratt's father five years
ago. Spratt gave himself up.
A cowboy named Watson arrived at Mont
rose, Colo, on horseback. Meeting City Mar.
shall Murphy and Police Judge Edwards, agains
whom he had a grudge, he began firing a re-.
%volver, they returning the fire. Edwards wal
through his leg, while the cowboy, though bad
~ wounded, made his escape.
At Fairbault, on the Sth, inst, lust befor,
.no oAe"NiAS up 'he 6aaius masquerade
James Laird became highly incensed at the at
tention his wife was receiving from Adam Gilel
and while the parties were participating in
quadrille, Laird walked over to Giles, drew
from his pocket a twenty-five caliber revolye,
aimed at Giles and fired. The shot passet
through his clothing, which was a heavy sui
IF buckskin,. and did not enter his body. tairt
hen cooked his revolver, but before he coul,
lrawa bead on his victim his arm was strucl
" Charles Mccall, the weapon discharged an,
lie bullet entered the ceiling of the hall. Lair,
vas promptly arrested He was boun,
'ver i'll $1,000 to await the action of the gran,
!nry. Being unable to obtain bail, he wa
placed in the county jail.
The Dickinson press., 1884-02-16
HousE.-A resolution declaring vacant tho

HousE.-A resolution declaring vacant tho
positions of committee stenographers and pro-
viding another method for their employment
was adopted. The rules of the house were
considered, and during the debate Weller Of
Iowa assailed the Republican party and the
national banking system, and Mr.. Bedford
mi made ea a reply s,,s Am a amendment zen nael for a committee
q party vote.
Mr.. Wakefield of Minnesota has presented in
the house of representatives tho petition of 200
citizens of Southern Minnesota, asking con-
gress for full investigation of tho facts in con-
gross to Minnesota to aid in the construction of
the Southern Minnesota railway, and for the
forfeiture Of so much of the grant as has not
been earned in the time limited by law.