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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
Report Of the Commissioner Of Agr1cul.
tupA,

The commissioner of agriculture in his an
nual report pays compliment to Prof Dodge
statistician of the department. for diligence
and ability. His work and valuable monthly
reports, he says, attracted great attention not
only in this country but in Europe The re-
port of Prof. Dodge shows that between 1850
and 1880 the value of meats increased from
$500, 00O, 600 to $500 COX, 600; corn from $500,
545' to 1886 SOY, 1858; hay, from II 81, 671 ,16s
s15s sy 900 to .sss, ,oop; cotton from
$211 516 625 to $21, CSC, 121, and other products
in proportion-more than doubling the az
gregate value and increasing it from 81 600,
10000 to $3,6OO, COZ, 600 in round numbers.
With good prices current the production of
agriculture OF the United States can be little
short Of $4,00, COX, 600, and the values are
those of home markets and not Eastern COM
mercial cities or ports of expectation. The
commissioner says:
The wheat area is SO much beyond the re-
quirements of consumption in this and other
countries as to depress the price to point un-
precedented in recent years, favoring at Ger
tain points the use Of wheat feeding or pork
production. The cause of this superabundance
is two-fold: first the extension of settlement in
the northwestern prairies and dry plains of
the Pacific coast; second the extraordinary
period of comparative failure of European
wheat for several consecutive years. The
progress Of settlement must be less rapid
hereafter, and already lean years in Europe
These facts, products, and prices point to a
sharp necessity of adapting production to con-
sumption, to supply food products now i'm
ported, to give remunerative employment to
agricultural labor, and food in variety and
cheapness to consumers.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
Record Of casua1boR.

Mrs. Julia Hartnett of Cherry Hill, Md, was
gored to death by a bull.
At Stevens Point Wis, Gilbert E. Newly
had his right hand blown off by the premature
discharge of cannon while firing salute
over the Democratic victory. Edward Christ
offerson was also seriously burned in the
face
Edward Pulser, brakeman on the Manitoba
road was killed recently at Reynolds, station
on the main line near Grand Forks. He fell
from a freight train and was run over and
crushed. He lived at Pelican Rapids, Mimi
but his body was taken to Grand Forks, where
it was viewed by the coroner Pulsor was a
single man.
The steamer Captain Sam, plying between
Montgomery and Selma, Ala, exploded her
,oiler at Hadnot's bar The boat was badly
wrecked. About twenty-five people were on
board. Capt. English was hurt and several of
he crew Five people are missing, including
little daughter Of the captain. passenger,
D. McNeilly, who had both legs broken, died
recently
Local papers in the counties of Virginia Wis
ted with the fatal scourge make only brief
mention Of its ravages, but investigation shows
that former reports are not exaggerated. The
Gaysville Times, Wise county, says that $50
deaths occurred in that county The disease
spreads over considerable section, but is
worse in Wise, Lee and Buchanan counties.
Rains have fallen there during the last two
days, and the water supply, which is supposed
TO have caused the trouble, has been replen-
shed, and the disease is abating.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
A scandinavian Sunday.

Sunday came, and it was very pretty
TO see, on the evening before and early
in the morning, the boats streaming up
the ford and down from the inland
lakes. One boat passed the yacht,
rowed by 10 stalwart women, who
handled their oars like Saltash fish,
wives. With population so scattered,
4 single priest has two or more churches
to attend to at considerable distances,
Pastors being appointed according %
the numbers of the flock, and not the
area which they occupy. Thus at
Elversdale there was a regular service
only on alternate Sundays, and this
Sunday it wss not i,lversval''s
turn. But there was a samline
"a gathering for catechising and
praver-at our bonler's house where
the good man himself or some itinerant
minister officiated. Several hundreds
must have collected, the children H.
largest proportion. The Morse people
are old-fashioned Lntherans. who never
reap a newspaper, and have never hoarl'
of doubt about the truth of what thei,
fathers believed When the meeting
was over, as many of them as were curl
Gus to see an English yacht and its oc
cupants came on board. The owne,
welcomed the Elders at the gangway:
talked to them in their own tongue,
and showed them over the ship. A
had handfuls of sugar plums for the
little ones. They were plain feat
urcd, for the most part, with fair
hair and blue eyes--the men in strong
homespun broadcloth the women
in black serge, with Il bright sas!l about
the waist, and a shawl over the shoul-
ders with bits of modest embroidery at
the corners. They We're perfectly we'll
behaved, rational simple, unself-con-
sc1ous, healthy race i'll soul and body,
whom it was pleasant to see. l could
we'll understand what Americans mean
when they say that, OF all the colonists
who migrate to them, the Morse are the
best many go. Norway is as full
as it can hold, and the Young swarms
who in old days tovcd out in their pirate
ships over France and Eng land and Ire
land now pass peaceably to the Far
West.-Froude, in Longman's Maya
zine
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Germany has universal suffrage and
triennial elections for members of the
Reichstag of Imperial Parliament. The
total registered vote in the empire is
about 1O,0O0,O0O, or somewhat smaller
than that of the United States. The
members of one of the numerous Ger
man parties are called "Secessionists"-
not, however, because they are in favor Of
che secession of any part of the German
Empire, but because they are seceders
from the old National Liberal party,
which was not sufficiently radical for
them in it's party platform. There are
ten recognized parties in Germany, all
Of which will be represented by MEM
bers of the Reichstag.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

It is now stated positively by good
authorities that good deal of corn will
be used for fuel in Nebraska the coming
winter. With corn at 18c. per bushel
it is in many cases as economical tc
burn it as to carry it to the railroad
station and bring back coal, and corn
has sold in that state this fall as low as
l4c. Much, of course, depends on the
-9earness of the farmer to market and
His distance from the coal supply.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

1t is not regarded as improbable,
though hardly expected, that President
Arthur may be chosen by the New York
Legislature United States Senator for
the six years term beginning the 4th OF
March next. John Quincy Adams, after
leaving the presidential Office, served
sixteen years in the House of represen-
tatives, and Andrew Johnson was, after
his retirement from the presidency,
chosen United States Senator from Ten
nessee, and was member of the SEN
ate at the time of his death.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

OF the $4,000 federal Offices in the
United States about 10000 are in the
Post Office Department., $4,000 being
Postmasters. Less than 2 800 post Off
ces pay 1000 or more yearly, and
most of tho rest average below 800
annual compensation. Ana of the 80,-
600 places of one kind and another,
only about 10000 pay an average Of
$4,000 in yearly salary.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Last spring, Mr.. F. NJ. Ownbey, OF
Bakersfield, Kern county, California,
came east to Tennessee and hired three
hundred colored men to go to California.
That the farmers of the Pacific coast,
it is we'll known, have long been depend
ent upon Chinese labor. John has not
proved desirable farm hand. That Mr.
Ownbey's expe Citations of the colored
men were abundantly met is best shown
by the fact that he just made arrange
ments for the transportation of LOO
more colored people from Tennessee to
California.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
At Sherman, the highest elevation OF
The Rockies on the Union Pacific Rail.
The Human Hair.
From the PHILADELPHIA Press.

When the hair is pulled from the hui.
man head it may be observed that the
end which was implanted in the scalp
is larger than the hair itself. This is
the bulb or root from which the hair
grows. A hair is, in fact, o delicate
tube. round in straight haired persons
and fattened in the curly-haired.' II
is the fairness of the hair which makes
It curl. Women have coarser hair than
men. The average number of hairs on
the head is about 100000. This calcu-
lation is based upon the ascertained
fact that q square inch of the head Of
a person who has an average head Of
hair contains by actual count LOCO
hairs approximately. In early days the
Kings of France used to pluck single
hair from the head and bestow it upon
one of their attendants as token OF
favor. The hair grows from eight to
ten inches a year. It has been found
that it grows faster in the day time thar
at night, and faster in summer than in
winter. Light and sun evidently have
an influence on the growth of the hair.
as on the vegetable products.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
The total tonnage of American and

The total tonnage of American and
foreign vessels employed in the foreign
commerce of the United States was in
1881, $3.50, 541 tons-more than three
and half times as great as in 1858.
Since 1881 there has been decrease
each year, and last year it was only 49,
O85,6 13 tons-a falling off of nearly 20
per cent. in three years. The largest
percentage of American vessels in the
foreign trade was 71.9 per cent. in 1857,
and the smallest was 1858 per cent. in
1881. Since 1881 there has been an in
crease in the American percentage each
year, and it reached 23.2 per cent.
in 1884,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
The Criminal Calendar.

At Red Cloud, Neb., Joseph Cook, murderer,
who was cut down when half lynched, has be-
come curiously insane.
A dispatch from Winnipeg says that c. A. c.
Smith, the colored pugilist, knocked McKeown
out in the second round
Miss Lorisa c. Lorrick, a teacher in the EN-
poria, Kans., public schools, committed sui
eide by an overdose of morphine, caused by
mental depression.
Polly McQuade of Boston and George Nor
lis of Birmingham, England, fought to a finish
with hard gloves in New York Thursday
McQuade won, after fierce and sanguinary
fight, knocking Morris senseless.
Louis and Edward Guild, French men, aged
thirty-two and thirty six, respectively, arrived
atNew York, and went to an emigrant board
ing house on Greenwich street, where they en-
gagged rooms. Wednesday afternoon Louis
shot his brother in the head, inhicting NOR
tai wound, and then killed himself.
The Omaha white lead works are informed
that F. H. Reid a discharged employe Of their
company, has been travelling among its GUS
toners in Minnesota and Wisconsin claiming
to represent that concern and obtaining COR
siderable advances of money on the strength
of his claims. The company denounce him as
q swindler and warn the public against him.
New York detectives have obtained indisput-
able evidence of the existence of q regular
transatlantic traffic in little children. It is
now said that almost every steamer that ar
rives here has on board one or two children
who are accompanied by woman who repre-
sents herself rs their mother, but who in re-
atty simply takes charge of them during the
voyage and looses them as soon as possible af-
ter landing.
A convict named Fanteux escaped from the
St. Vincent De Paul penitentiary Montreal, af-
ter plucky conflict with guards, one Of whom
he shot through the leg. He was traced and
located in house, Of ill-fame. Detectives
Gladue and Lapointe proceeded to arrest HIM
The latter officer had just entered the room,
when Fanteux drew q revolver and shot him
in q cheek. A second shot, aimed at Gladue,
missed him, whereupon Gladue shot Fanteux
through the:heart
In sequestered portion of Marshall county,
Ala, a triple tragedy was enacted recently
John Howard, young man, armed himself
I with double barreled shotgun and proceeded
to the home of neighbor named Henry Peak,
to settle an old feud. When Howard entered
the house, unannounced, Peak seized rife
and shot him through the abdomen He man
aged to stand up and fred at Peak, killing him
instantly. Peaks wife attacked her husbands
slayer with billet of wood, and Howard fred
the remaining barrel at the woman, killing her
instantly. The double murderer lived two
hours.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Dispatches from Parkersbury, Lynchburg,
and Charleston, West Va, give accounts Of
serious mortality from the use Of poisonous
water. A Lynchburg dispatch says: The
counties complaining of an unknown and fatal
disease, heretofore reported, are Lee, Dickin;
son and Scoll, in Virginia, and Harland, Lex
and adjoining counties in Kentucky. Owing
to the isolated position, particulars are hard tc
obtain. Hundreds have died, and, allowing
for exsggeration, the mortality is large A
postal clerk named Wells. who just arrived
from that section, after having had the disease,
gives . sad account Of the epidemic He
attributes it to mineral poison In: the water;
and says Z strong and disagreeable mineral
taste like copperas exists. At the time he;left
. few springs were flowing freely, and the
people were compelled to drink this water. Al:
though the disease 10 unknown, the people cab
it cholera; and, were it SO, it could not be more
dreaded or disastrous. The symptoms. describ--
ed Is being like the Asiatic cholera are followed
by terrible hemorrhages Of the bowels Per.
sons attacked die or recover in about . week,
is frequently fatal in tNenty=four hours, and
sometimes in . few hourA In most instances
it visits On entire, family, and is 90 contagious
that In some cases parties die alone, their
friends being afraid to como near them. Figures
Of the mortality are not known, but it il gen.
er11ly estmased over three hundred have died
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
THE PlTH OF THE NEWS
wAsh1nGton News.

Warrington News.
The president has appointed E 8 Foster
postmaster at Audubon, Iowa.
Gen. Terry called on President Arthur Thurs
day. Gen Terry will spend next week in New
York, while waiting for the Swain case to be
concluded and the Morrow case taken up.
Dispatches received at the state department
from Paris announce that the French govern
aent is in earnest in its proposed legislation
against breadstuffs and'hog products imported
from the United States
By direction of the president, in accordance
with the decisions of the United States court
Of claims that they were not legally restored to
the armI after having been separated there
from, the following have been dropped: Ma
jOr Ben amin p. Runkle, Fist Lieut. John II.
McBlair and First Lieut. Charles P. Miller
The postoffice department reports quite
general tendency among postmasters to keep
back their receipts, as has heretofore been the
case on changes Of administration. The hint
is sent out that they should not arouse preju-
dice on the part Of Democratic postmaster
general.
The Garfield statue committee, consisting OF
Secretary Lincoln, Senator Thurman and Gen.
AAAACeV VI oAOSCAhAu AaNo uOCAuCu upOA o 5Aoo
for the statue to be erected by the Army of the
Cumberland. The place fixed upon is the cir
Gle at the point where Maryland avenue reaches
the capitol grounds, westward from the build
ing
Friends of Gov Cleveland have secured for
his use for the week preceding the 18th of March
next, at the Arlington hotel, suite Of rooms
consisting of parlor and three bed rooms, To-
Gated on the second floor, overlooking Yer
mont avenue and the statute Of Gen. McPher-
son. The rooms selected have been occupied
at various times by number of distinguished
men from abroad, among the number beng
the prince CT Wales, the Grand Duke Alexis OF
Russia, King Kalakaua of Hawaii the Emperor
Don Pedro Of Brazil and Gen. Grant upon re-
turning from his trip around the world. Being
in an annex of the hotel, the rooms combine
the privacy of a private house with the con-
venience Of hotel
Admiral Porter submits what he thinks the
government ought to do in the next two years
First-Complete unfinished monitors and
arm them with heavy rihed guns making
them rams as far as the models will permit
Second-Appropriate money for all the yes
sells that were proposed to congress last win
ter
/ Third-Build, as q commencement, four OF
the heaviest monitors of great endurance anC
speed, each to carry four six-inch rifles in tur.
refs.
Fourth-Build twenty torpedo boats Of moi
less than 100 tons each, with speed of twenty
knots.
Fifth-One cruising ironclad of not less than
1000 tons.
Sixth-Have all our ships Of over l ,250 tons
supplied with torpedo boats, fitted with noise
less ,condensing engines, so they cannot be
heard when approaching the enemy.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Crop statistics published by the
Boston Advertiser show that the average
yield of corn in the New England States
is nearly 33 bushels to the acre. In the
South it is % bushels; in Wisconsin,
"a; Michigan, q; Oregon, %; Indiana,
20; New York and California, 80; Penn
sylvania, 81; Missouri, "a; Iowa, So;
Nebraska, and Kansas, 38. The large
average in New England, as compared
with other Northern States out of the
corn belt, is probably due to smaller
acreage aad better farming. The poor
yield in the South results from poor
farming.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

The change of administration implies
no change of government. The govern
ment is fixed upon immutable laws,
known to and recognized of all men.
Those laws cannot be changed in day
they cannot be changed at all by the
President of the United States. They
Can be changed only by the act of both
branches of the National Legislature
and the approval of the President.
They are simply administered or ex'
ecuted under solemn oath of Office.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
Nu1Eets Of Fore1en News.

The house of commons recently rejected
AS to ia motion Of Labouchere to reform
the house of lords
The French government proposes to increase
import duties upon foreign corn, the amount
not exceeding 8 francs per 100 kilogrammes.
A Boston ship-the Alert-bound from New
York for Shanghai, and carrying 100000 gal
Ions of Kerosene oil, was struck by lightning
near Pernambuco and burned. The officers
and crew were saved.
The semi-centennial jubilee of Queen Vic
toria's accession to the throne occurs in 1887,
and the court and official circles are already
discussing plans for great national and col
onial celebration of the event.
L. A. SENEGAL, the famous Canadian specula-
tor, has suddenly withdrawn his suit for $780,
600 damages against the Toronto Mail A roy
al commission has been formed to inquire into
his purchase of the North Shore railway.
The Red Star line steamship Pennland Capt
Weyer), which sailed from New York the sth
instant for Antwerp was in collision with
Swedish bark off Goodwin Sands, and the bark
sunk. No details of the disaster have as YET
been received
The Dominion government has decided that
the time is too short to take part in the New
Orleans exposition. Gentlemen At Ottawa, OF
the part Of New Orleans, state the reason
Canada was not asked earlier, was that the
managers invitation to Great Britain included
Canada
The Belgian consul at Halifax has received
from the consulate general at Quebec five first
class gold medals, to be awarded one each to
the men who risked their lives, in April last,
tn aov Ton Sph0 md 0f
the steamer Daniel Steinmann, wrecked on
Sambro island.
French agricultural associations demand
that the government shall fix the duty upon
foreign corn at five francs and on -four at nine
francs. The cabinet council discussed the
increase Of duty on grain and agreed to it in
principle The Republique Franchise says the
increase will not exceed three francs per hun
bred pounds.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

The French have not been success
full in China as early reports led the
public to believe. The demand for an
indemnity of $40, 900, 900 from China
has been abandoned. AS time goes
on, the utter failure practically speak
ing) of this enterpr Use of France be-
comes more and more evident. She
has inflicted upon herself heavy debt,
and has to show for it conquered ter
ritory which must be held simply by
force of arms
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
Failures OF Last Week.

There were PSI failures in the United States
reported to Bradstreet's during the last week
against 1s7,in the preceding week, and 22S, III
and lis in the corresponding weeks of 1888
1882 and 1881, respectively About SO per cent
were those Of small traders, whose capital was
less than $500 Among those reported embar
raised were Carr Il Hobson Qimited) manufact.
urers Of agricultural implements; William B.
Finch, blue stone; James Bouton, books; ani
Meyers & Cohen, cloak manufacturers, New
York city, Carthage New York Company, wooi
pulp Joseph aa Mssh %annfaeturer Of cot91
n H., Trust and Guarantee company; Hyatt
Levings l. Co., bankers, Washing ton, Ind. s
J. Adams, bankers, Dallas, Tex.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
MINNESOTA STATE PRISON i.
Extracts from the Biennial Report Of the
inspectors and Warden

In June, 1885, the contract for new cell
building was awarded to the Northwestern Car
company for s499s5. The building is approach
ing completion, and is we'll built structure
containing 100 cells of the most approved kind
OF this contract $4,000 has been paid. The
main prison building has been rebuilt by the
inspectors themselves G. NJ Seymour acting
as superintendent of construction and convict
labor being employed at the contract price,
As cents per day; The building is q. vast
Improvement on the old one, having heavy
iron roof with iron rafters, and is almost
absolutely fire-proof The inspectors
recommend that all permanent buildings OF
tho state be 30 constructed The cost Of the
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
The state census of Minnesota will be
taken in 1885, and it is expected that it
will show that the state has q popula-
tion of at least one million.

The statistical crank or fend, not
content with the enumeration of all the
ballots cast at the Presidential election,
has determined how far they would
reach if placed lengthwise. Whether
round the earth or up to the sun, or to
far away Jupiter is immaterial.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27

Pretty lambrequins for bedrooms can
be made of soft gray linen with borders
of lace crocheted of red or blue wool
and worsted braid, and an edge can be
made by setting points of plain sateen
upon the liner, turning them upwards
like pyramids and fastening them in
place by two rows of feather stitch in
crewels of the same color. .
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-11-27
RAILROAD and River News,

Railrosd and River News.
Robert Garrett was elected president of the
Baltimore l. Ohio.
The railroads running from Buffalo to Chi
cago have agreed on reduction in the rates of
tickets now selling to Chicago, to $40 for first
class and SO for second class.