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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18
Foreign Flashes.

At Mntreal J: B. Tabelle, dry goods, ha.
assignd Liabilities. $4,000.
The prince Of Wales will not ask parliament
for q allowance for his eldest SON. Prinna
Albeit Victor, until the Young han rnarriss.
To liabilities Of aiaan Bros; 81 Montreal
are $aN. COO; amount due the British bank
alec, $l6,OO0 Of which is secured 3l37, zoo.
n the Catholic church of Wexford, Ireland,
Collections Of t*opehce on the pound on valua-
ton have been raised fot fund to provide
Jay for Irish members Of parlianene---- :.
Prince Alexis Talgo Of Japan, who has been
\ member of the household of Bartn De Strive,
years, died Of typhoid fever:
A story comes from Dorsetshln Eng, Of
the revenge of an enraged parentf for Z dis
tasteful marriage contracted by h1sson Tho
father is the rector Of one Of the ftst artistic
cratic churches in the south Of England
When the rector heard Of his son s.narriaEe,
he became fnriously angry and snted BID
spirit by shooting the fav6rite horss and dogs
which his son had leftat the rector!
The Russian imperial council hafrejeoteda
propot al made by Count Tolstoi, mister Of
the interior. that the government phibit the
heads Of peasant families from diving their
lands among the male members, tvs giving
them power to obtain suffrage audit in the
common councils Count Tolstoi' proposal
grew out of fear that the peasantsould in
cre1s So the opposition to the governl1t
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18
Personal Pecu1iar1ties.

MRS. Kiff-"Dearie, forgot the eggs
again, did you?" Mr.. Kit-"No eggs
in town." Mrs. Kiff-"My, me! why is
that?" Mr.. Kiff-"Don't know, unless
it's because the Democrats have all the
ROSTERS" Mrs. Kiff-"O my do roost'
ers lay egg?" Mr.. Kiff-"Naw, but they
like to be around"
Mr.. Spurgeon told an interviewer
the other day that he thought, on the
whole, the world had grown better
since he first knew it. "There have
been many improvements, he said, "es-
pecially in the direction of temperance.
A whole class of men who were very
numerous when I first came to London
have become extinct. I refer to thoss
good and respectable gentlemen who
never got drunk, but we're in the habit
OF getting well, let us say tolerably
mellow. You never come across one Of
those nowadays" ;
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18
+ q . .
his ordered half 8 dozen o.

his ordered half dozen d .. |
. HI Goodwin 3 Co., nv York, dealers i Il
woolens. have BE- s.s assigned $e q r Ard Prefer
denoe 81 he trade and Has been regarded
Bound.
Wescott l. Co., brokers, Syracuse, N. Y, A.
signed. Liabilities 100000 SO also lila
Spencer D. Richardson, ary, goods, The
same place for &c., oo All due to tie failure
Of WILKINSON Il Co.
ii Angus, 1e o. s s3 rie.i. feared, and
the governor US ordered some companies Of
militia to the scene Of the disturbance. The
trouble grows out OF the attempt Of the coal
companies to fill the places Of the striking mi.
ners with new mon
There is considerable talk Of the prospects
of another strike Of telegraph operators Ae-
cordinr to tho ststement Of pperatora ordart
have recently beon issned Ut different noints
through the covntry cutting OF extra nav fdi
extra work, md compelling operators to Work
Sundays without pay.
The Mint Of Philadelphia; Ohio, REPORTS tYvo
attempts were made lately to palm 81 spurious
bullion An sla'ysis revealed al inezenious Is:
vice for the deception Of parties dealing in gold
bullion. Th grains found We're nothing more
nor less thapeteel filings, and to give than the
appearances II the grains of tho precious met
al they werr covered with fine gold which was
made to adhere by the use of turpentine The
gold on b'gus grains amounted in ya1ue *
about 81 Il ounce
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18
The Chicago MARKETS.

W. Wheat Chicago gs spring. 7o>s@nAo; No. 8,
Corr, cash. $1@sS3ss s''
Oats, cash, 2SAc
Rye, SEC.
Barley, 53c
Pork, cash, Ill 121f@ $1I25
Lard, cash, &C. 7o@$675
Milwaukee 1rarksts.
Wheat, No. 2, 1850
Oats, No. 2 white, A11<@52c
barley, No 3, 4s11 <@5o1<o: extra, No s, 493fe
Mess Pork, ST. Is cash.
LArd-Prime steam, 1856
Butter, choice creamery, 25@26c; fair to good
22@Ac; best dairy, l9@2c.
Minneapolis 6arksts.
=. WHEAT, No. hard, oeAc; No. 2 hard, CSC
CON, 81 T. ? $50; rejected, ao@slko; con,
oats, No: 522@2sc rejected, 21@2so;
Barley, No. 2, 4S(045c.
Mixed Feed, No. I, $1a 5o@1s; No 2, @i1oo
Corn Meal, unl'olted, s1s@$14; bolted. 90
Hay, timothy, $3.50 Is; Wild, choice, ga
@z75; No Wild, large bales @6oo@sI6o
st. Paul 1Gazksts.
WHEAT-No 1 hard, new, Go; No 3 hard
Csc; No 2, SEC
Corn, No. 2, $50
Oats, No 2mixed, PIC; No. white, 2so; No
s white 2lc.
Rye, No. 2, 44c.
Barley, No. 2, 500; No 8, $50
S.led Hay, IS; timothy bay, slaoo@s1o5o
Flax Seed, sl.ia -
Timothy seed, $l2Q y.
Eggs. 100
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18
A Mothers Terrible Crime.

What Cheer, Iowa Special: Mr.: J. W.
Schultz, the husband and father, is the miller
at Thornburg, town on the Burlington, Ceda,
Rapids t. Northern. In fair circumstances In
the morning he arose a. usual and started tho
fires. Mrs. Schultz soon after arose and oom-
menced preparations for breakfast and wash
ing When all were up Mr.. Schultz went out
to milk and to attend to tho chores. He
had been out but ten minutes when his son. q
lad about seven years by his first wife, came to
the door and called him. He went in, when
the terrible sight met his eyes. Weltering in
it's own blood in the cradle, lay his seven
months babe, dead, it's throat cut BY it's side,
on her knees, was his wife, in the throes OF
death, her throat also cut These trans
actions were in the front or sitting room.
Going further back into the kitchen he saw
upon tho floor his little two-year old boy IN
= pool OF blood, dead The horrible deed
had been committed with a razor. She had
first killed the boy in the kitchen, then as told
by the older boy. who was rocking the babe,
came into the sitting room, picked Up the babe
and cut its throat The boy in amazement said:
Mamma, what did you do that for? But with
out a reply she dropped upon her knees and
cut her own throat She lived about half an
hour, but was unable afterward to speak. No
cause is assigned for the terrible act
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18
The Paradise of Women.

ePsf e$AAao VI -" OAAS0AA.
From the BostonS Globe. :,s.:a =
They say, and all true Americans are
proud OF the fact, that the United
States is the "woman's land" the :coun-
try where they have at the same time
the most respect. But it is not the
"women's land' as far as their numbers
are concerned. Though, perhaps, if
there were not nearly a million more
men than women in the United States,
members of the feminine sex would not
find it such good fortune to be borr
here.
If there is any thing in that view o,
the question, women ought to find that
the times get better for them in this
country; for in numbers tile meh are
gaming on tho1d.
Flle effects of the war were still to be
seen in 1870, when ths natiVe:born wo:
men were slightly in excess, but the
male element of the foreign population
made up the deficiency and turned the
masuline excess into the hundred thou
sands. Since then the excess of the gain
in male population over the female gain
has been half a million or more:
A monograph, just issued by the
Bureau of education gives some inter-
esting diagrams of how the excess is
distributed. It is generally thought
that there mas been at least moderate
rush of the "superhaous women" of the
East to the western states. But these
diagrams show that the male excess has
been rabidly increasing through all the
Western States and Territories, the in
crease extending even as far east as
Ohio.
Even poiygamy cannot turn this
growth in the opposite direction, for
Utah, with an excess of men of only
1000, shows four times that ten years
later.
The figures On these maps make it
look as if Massachusetts would be the
best place to bring up the Mormon ar
gument of the relative numbers of the
sexes. This Commonwealth seems to
be magnet for the female sex. Its
excess of women increased from $4,000
in 1870 to $4,000 ten years later. The
excess of females among the foreignborn
increased $4,000 in the same TING and
an excess of 1000 colored male over
colored female population in 1870 had
dwindled entirely away in 1880. Is
Massachusetts going to become an
Adamless Eden in course of time?
The States in which the female excess
is found are the New England States
excepting Vermont-New York, in
which the excess numbered 10000 in
1880. the Middle States, and then the
line Of Southern States along the coast
excepting Florida also Alabama
and Tenn ,ssee. It is an odd fact, too,
that through nearly all these States
there is an excess of colored females
over colored males.
In regard to sex the population Of
the United States is certainly not we'll
balanced For, with large predomi-
nance of men in the, Sum total, there is
vi, St : narrow strip along The Eastern
coast in which 'w'so5fi; iie ara in excess.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18

Bulwer Lytton's memoirs, contain.
ing his remarkably silly love-letters,
published few weeks ago, were so dis
pleasing to his son that he applied for
an injunction stopping their sale, which
was granted, but not before about 200
copies were sold. These 200 copies are
now worth what 10000 would probably
have sold for; indeed, so precious have
they become to their possessers that
they can not be bought for any price,
large sums having been unavailingly Of
fered for them.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18
Pap Sherman and JET Davis,

St Louis Special: Gen. Sherman, in answer
to question by reporter as to whether he in
tended to reply to the letter of Jefferson Davis,
recently published in this city, said he might
do so at some future time, but he should con-
suit his own convenience; that Mr.. Davis has
not addressed him, but the St Louis Repubi-
can; and that if he made any reply it could on
ly be through the war department. He further
said he did not suppose any reporter was pres.
he spoke, as the Grand Army is an organization
only for the social interchange of personal
memories Still, he admitted the report pub
lished contained much truth, but not all He
has most of louisiana papers, he said, to make
good his assertions that the civil war was
forced on tho people of louisiana by consp1r-
ators in Washington, and that during the pro
views Of the doctrine Of secession, and threat
ened to use force in case any state in the con-
federacy should attempt what was then known
as separate state action" The general has
already sent to Washington some letters and
papers bearing on the case, but AZ to their pub
LEGATION, he stated the authorities there must
be consulted.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18

( voice from, out the northern sky; -,
On the wings of the mindless winds fy
Sw;fter than thought over mountain and vale
City and moorland, desert and dale!
From the north to the south, from tho east t
the west,
hasten regardless Of slumber or rest;
Oh nothing you dream Of can fly so fast
As I on the wings Of the wlntry blast!
There's never = home so low, no doubt,
Butt IN my fight can find it out;
Nor hut 50 hidden but can see
The shadow cast by the lone roof tree!
There's never home SO proud and high
That am constrained to pass it by,
Nor heart so happy it may not be
Happier still when blest by me!
What is my name? All, who can tell,
Though in every land. It's magic spet1t
Men gall me that and they call me this; 49,,
Ut the different names are tho same; Will
bearer, to ill tho world am 1,
48y- giver; Light bringer, wherever fy;
Bit the name 1 bear In the courts above:
My truest ind hottest name, 1-Love!
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18

Nearly all the iron manufacturers at the
East are reducing wages.
w. B. Dean delivered to Vice President Ed
munds the electoral vote for Minnesota
None of the ex-rebels in the senate confirm
sherman'sstory Of JEFF Davis proposed die
tatorship.
From Springfield, Mass, comes the story Of =
corpse revived on the disseoNng table Of tho
Albany, N. Y, Medical college
George F. Deitz, of Glen Rock, Pa, dealer in
grain produce and fertilizers, has assigned.
Liabilities, $4,000; nominal assets, 100000
At Evansville, Ind John G. Fares, dealer in
hats, assigned after executing mortgages to
the amount Of $15, 600. disabilities, 30, 900
The trouble over the county seat of Sphinx
county, OAK, is getting to be 20 serious that
Qey. Pierce has asked Gen. Terry tor aid, and
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18

Henry seybert of PhAadelphia, made
a bequest to the University otEPennsyl.
vania with the request that s full, i'm
partial and scientific mvatigaticn
should be made of the subject Esprit
ualism. The Investigations now
being made by committe com
posed of some of the most prominent
literary and scientific men in Ph1adel-
phia. The report of thecommitee is
awaited with interest by . very large
number of people. 4
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18
Miscellaneous Items.

A London dispatch says that the
crowd Of pleasure tourists, Including
many Americans, has been turned aside
this year from the well-worn routes Of
European travel by the dread of chol-
era and the disagreeablcness of fumiga-
ton and quarantine. Favorite Italian
resorts are deserted, aud there are few
visitors in Switzerland. The tide of
travel has turned in the direction of
Norway and Sweden, and the railways
and hotels are taxed to the utmost to
accommodate the unwonted throng of
visitors. The STEAMBOATS, on the favor
lite route of the Gotha Canal are crowd
ed to an uncomfortable degree.
Among other American visitors Miss
Emma Thursby has selected Norway
for her summer tour.
cts remarkable case" said doc
tor to brother physician, the latter
just entering the profession. my ex-
perience, of course, is not large" re-
turned the young man, modestly, "but
I quite agree with you doctor; it GER
tainly lisa remar kal,le case, and of great
interest to the profession. Do you
think we shall be able to save the pa
tientl" "Save the patient?" exclaimed
the first speaker; mo, we won't be able
to save the patient, but we will have q
post mortem examination, and that is
of much more Importance.
The frost of the oath did great dam
age in Northern New England. It is
said that corn is total failure in many
localities. There has been frost in
New England every month this YEA
while the Northwest has been totally
exempt from damage from this cause.
Julia Brace, whose name appears in
the cyclopedias, died recently at
Bloomington, ct. At the age of Al
years she lost both her sight and hear
ing, soon losing, too, her power of
speech, and so for all her long life she
was blind, deaf mute, deprived of her
most important senses, yet learning to
distinguish articles, persons, and even
colors, by her nice sense of touch.
The New York Journal says that ex-
Governor Cornell, of that State, is
worth $40, 100000.
John Habberton, author of ''Helen's
Babies" has lost all his wealth by in
dorsing for friend.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18

The New Orleans Fair will open De-
;ember 16 and will continue all the
Winter and Spring. The best time to
sisit New Orleans will be in January
Ind February. To be able to take in
The annual carnival, just preceding
Lent, and the big fair at the same
time, would be double treat. The
transportation rates are now very mod
crate, but possibl Y may be lower yet.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18
Neglected Dlsinfectant.

Ne81ected O1S1nfectant.
When the household of our grand
mothers was threatened with infection
the common practice was to sprinkle
birthstone on hot shovel or on hot
Goals on shovel and carry the burning
result through the house. But now
this simple method of disinfecting has
gone out of fashion without any good
and sufficient reason. The principal
reason is neither good nor sufficient,
viz: that no one can patent it and sell
it in twenty-five and fifty emit bottles.
On the 18th of September last M. d.
Abbadie read a paper at the French
Academy on "Marsh fevers," and stated
that in the dangerous regions of Afri-
can river-mouths immunity from such
fevers is often secured by sulphur fun
igations on the naked body. Also that
the Sicilian workers in low-ground
sulphur mines suffer much less than the
rest of the surrounding population from
intermittent fevers. M. Fouque has
shown that Zephyria Con the volcanic
island of Milo or Melos, the most west
erly of the Cyclades,) which had
population of forty Thousand when it
was the center of sulphur mining opera
lions, became nearly depopulated by
marsh fever when the sulphur mining
was moved farther east and the emana-
tons prevented by a mountain from
reaching the town. Other similar
csses were stated.-Hall's Journal of
Health.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18
Immigration Statistics.

Washington Special: The chief tho bu-
reau Of statistics submits the folying ad-
Der, lss4: During the month a Of E ISembet
there arrived In the customs 1istrij if Bal:
timore, Boston, Detroit, Huron; Aaesota,
New Orleans, New York, Passat uoddy;
Philadelphia and San Francisco, .319 pas:
sengsrs, of whom 26,0S7 were migrants
a. IA citizens Of the United States Sturned
from abroad and 2, 1923 aliens not intling to
remain in the United States The nbnality
of immigrants was as follows; Engh and
Wales, 1854; Ireland, l76; Scotland 4 Aus.
tria, 1911; Bohemia, 81; Belgium. 2 Den
Hungary, 651; Italy, 1869; Netheria*, o.;
Norway, 40; Russia, l,445; Polanl 161 !;
Sweden, 961; Switzerland, 458; Domin OF
Canada, 2,7S8; all other countries, 46total,
26. OG7
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18
4 Travs ing Collector Murdefl

Winnipeg Special: Chief Of Police lrray
has received advices from Chief Of lice
Steele Of Golden City, confirming the rert OF
the murder of Baird, the travelling collier Of
| Eddy, Hammond & Co., of Missoula, ont,
| and the robbery of 81, $40 of that firms hey:
| It seems that Baird and packer nauaeds larry
| were travelling on the Cootenay trail, at pint
| about twenty four miles from the Gden
City. They met = tall, powerfully niN
man who, without word. drew On
Baird, killing him insentiy l1y
was also shot and hnded ips the hip. jos-
Mtnstandng " be closed with his antae-9
| Gnls1 ana "a desperate encounter. which
!ss.aatrly nfteen nninutes, Weakened by
- ok bDcd ahd snae fting Win pain fros.s ~.
s. wound, hs Swas ooYerpowered His
who was very powerful man, af-
9r kicking him and leaving him helpless,
nrned to his dead master and rifled his pockets
larry atterward revived sufficiently to ride tc
ne nearest camp, where asslstance was pro.
ured and from whence mounted men started
pursuit of the murderer.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18

Tie Lowell Bankruptcy bill. which
nay possibly be passed by Congress,
provides for Commissioner of Bank
:nptcy in each Congressional district in
he United States, with salary Of g.
700, which may, according 60 the vol
lme of business to be transacted, be in
creased to $1,000 a year. It does not
appear that tbs salary i to come out of
estates.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18


.es - \ 9 a. = nala ~
=. Oslvins 3ses4, Business man of Tacoma,
Wash, while crazy, attempted to kill Annie
Griggs, telegraph operator.
Judson Garrison, -teamster, was arrested at
Plymouth, Pa accused of the murder of Philip
Callander, prominent and wealthy farmer of
Ross township.
Neil McKeague, recently acquitted for MUIR
der in Chicago, was arrested at Thorold, Ont
for an attempted outrage at the American hotel
there on Fanny DeLavere, c]airvoyant from
New York
Lawyer Corneilson, who cowhided Judge
Reid, of the superior court, causing the latter to
commit suicide from shame, was sentenced to
three years in the penitentiary by the court at
Mount Sterling, Ky.
George Brilland, under arrest for murder
Gus assault upon E. B. Case a we'll known
Chicago insurance agent few weeks ago, has
made a confession, in which he says he mis-
took Case for burglar.
E. A. Ramsay and J. 8 Crooks, members of
the suspended brokers' firm of E. A. Ramsay
& Co., Springfield, Mass have been arrested
On indictments for embezzllng stocks held az
collateral, and cash given for the purchase of
stocks. =
Mrs. William Humphrey, rich California
widow, was attacked in broad daylight on Thir-
teenth streeth, New York, by footpads, who tried
ing $500, but she chung to it bravely until help
came.
During the recent robbery Of train on the
Little Rock road, the leader Of the gang gave
ibis CHARACTERISTIC order: s'Hold on, there;
don't injqre those ladies or take anything from
them; don forget that my mother is q lady,
oven if her son is id scoundrel."
Daniel h. slocum, of 0'sego, Mich, while
crazy with drink, attacked William Heckson,
the bartender, and stabbed John Morter by
stander, both probably fatally Slocum then
dashed across the street into the meat market,
seized q meat ak, and chopped of the butch
er's finger. He was arrested after violent
struggle.
Ramon Hernandez and Miguel Admveans,
Mexicans, quarreled over asenorita at Oak
vile, Tex, and decided to settle it with duel
ut ten PAGES, Colts revolvers. Alimveans was
Instantly killed and Hernandez wounded in the
shoulder. He surrendered to the authorities
Officers are after the seconds, who fed to Mex
leo.
In the United States circuit court Of New York
Thomas Watson and William Girdwood, COM
posing the firm of Watson l. Girdwood, and
William Liddell, manufacturer of Irish linens,
living in ireland, were called to the bar to re-
ceive sentence for having made fraudulent en-
tries in invoices at the custom house, q crime
to which they pleaded guilty in November,
when they were placed under bail Of $4,000
each. No one responded and the judge Or
dered the bonds forfeited The three have
gone to Ireland
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18

A second financial writer, not undu1y
cast down nor elated, ventures to say
that ere long, with an increased conf
dence and a demand inevitable from
consumption Of present products, there
will ensue revival of business which
will renumerate us for the long con-
tinued depression. But this revival
will not come by observation, nor by a
pretence of it; it VII come naturally
and surely, not because 1t is invoked.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18

One of the most Interesting facts
shown by the collated returns OF the
popular vote in the recant election is
the comparative insignihcance of the
vote outside the two great parties. OF
the 10, 900, 900 votes cast all but about
BOZ, 600 were cast for Cleveland or
Blaine. In other words only three per
cent. of the vote was thrown away
This was smaller proportion than the
third party ana scattering vote N 1880.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18

Throat and lung diseases are fearful.
" on the increase at the east, and the
7esths from consumption pbedmonla
md bronchitis are much More numer-
,ns than for several previous years.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-12-18

The Total of deaths by the plague in
West Virginia and Kentucky is nearly
Three Thousand. At last accounts tho
disease was subsiding, though deaths
re still frequent.