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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25

democrat, In reply 10 soms nnw.---..
structures on his political opinions tn w.
lowing is an extract: ioi
before the late Boston conv.r,;o.
isish National league ! had. "a me- r..n,. !,
oioso observation and careful research -
" my mind that there existed M oror,a"
which the Democratic party shoulJ Ma
'sase Gu my vote because | happened "a ba
= allshinan- ! weighed with care and do,;h
d;Ss,aa tno merits OF the two presidential can
utuaees, and came TO tho conclrsian ~ :
neither as Irishman or Al s5ortaS that,
america, could Mr. Grover Cleysian NJ h = "
Z Inc case Of Mr.. Jonn navov "
onrh you 80 persistently harm AMI "a "
yop have again and again referred 10 ~ mhlcn
gshouna OF my opposition 10 Mr. CIevaIsoh
% oaiy one OF the many obiectiocs WIZ
considar M 70 lnatBenteman. 1 did, indeed
the very basest kind, and strong a,,;ioaN Oh
sltner the hostility or ccntempt ~ NJ GIoo
isna Ior lrishmen OF national ~oninions ILo.te
9ngscted also 10 Mr. Cleveland az tbe ~,
9luste o. the London Tunes. he Iondcn stsn-
I arr me London Daily telegram, ne 7 onScn
ppAly news, the London st James Ga za,ta ~
$3.50 oatuIaay iseyiew-in fact, of the %entirs
Ehgiish press. / objected 10 hmm as ~ nv
Candidate OF Puck and Harper's welt Res
auanor o. lnnumerable vetoes in the interest," ~
VIC great m~onopoles, and as a man sho nj
as oeJeVe, proved himself the enemy ~ 49,
Jus, night TO the toiling millions i ohioota15
20 ML Cleveland because / felt proud ~ ~
country OF my adoption, aud because I fait ,h..
IN tits words of the Boston Pilot strai%h;
o~ut-and-out democratic organize has not !
angle quality to fit him for the presidency 81
sup unl'ea states. bad made up my mind "a
support Mr. Blaine became. from Iorg -
Walton, | had come to regard him as f. oUssr.
opposite OF all this, as an American OF Amor
sans man among men, as an able statesmsr
nted by nature, culture and experienced h an
with credit to the country and 10 himself n.
posilon Of president of this great nation '"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25
Casualties of the Week.

julius Msgmer, a baker from Bay View,
Wis, vas thrown out Of his wagon yesterday
and mortally wounded
Sixteen frame buildings in the business part
Of Berlin, Wis, wers burned Thursday night
Loss s@O,OW; insurance $1,000.
The steamer Dakotah was sunk in the Missis.
siPpi river, near Providence. No, recently, on
her trip up that stream The freight was valued
at s24,OpO; insured for $1,000
While a Bellaire, Ohio, policeman was firing
wildly after a fleeing desperate, Willie Welsh,
aged seventeen, lodged out Of an alley and ia
tally stopped one of the bullets,
Michael Kennedy, section foreman for the
Oregon Railway and Navigation company, was
run over by an express train near Dalles, Or,
yesterday. His body was cut in twain. He
was an old railroad man, recently from the
East
The forest fires Of Michigan which threat
cnod TO do So much damage, have been checked
by a change in the wind and are no longer
feared An East Tawas special says. however.
that the fires again started yesterday, with a
northwest gale blowing and increasing. The
telegraph poles are burned between Staudish
and An Ores
David Cover, a prominent citizen of Still
water, was drowned last Sunday afternoon by
Shipping between floating logs into the mill
pond Cover was born in Adamsburg, West
moreland county. Pa, May -, 1876 He set.
tied in Saltwater abOut twenty-one wears ago,
and engaged in lumber business most of the
time since, and acquired considerable prop,
erty. He was a prominent citizen, aud vice
president Of the Washington County Agricul
tural society. He leaves a wife and four chi
dren.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25
Eaxthsnake.

The late earthquake still continues to
be q fruitful object of discussion, and
what people of former times said OF
them has been extensively quoted.
Horace Walpole writes "You will not
wonder so much at the earthquakes as
at.the effect they have had. Allthe old
women in town have taken them upon
the foot of judgments, and the clergy
have driver foot and horse into this
opinion" But il was not the old ladies
only who were frightened-frantic terror
prevailed, and 730 carriages passed
Hyde Park corner flying into the coun-
try. Horace Walpole speaks of certain
ladies of fashion going to an inn 10
miles ont of town to play brag till 8 in
the morning and then ITO come back. "
he adds, II suppose TO look for the
bones OF sheir husbands and families in
the rubbish" In those DAYS everything
was turned into ridicule. Warm dresses
were made for the ladies called "earth-
they quake dresses" in order that might
sit out of doors at night without suffering
and fast young men going home at four
in the morning would rouse the peace
full slumbers by knocking at peoples
doors and crying out in a watchman's
voice: Past 4 o'clock and a DIR eadful
earthquake"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25
Condition of Crops in Foreign Countries

The report Of the United States commission,
er Of agriculture for September has just been
issued 1t gives a very interesting report on
the condition of the crops III Europe, India
and other foreign countries In Europe, az
compared with last year, the barley and oat
acreage have fallen of SIS and 2s per cent re-
spectively. The slight gain of "a per cent in
wheat has no significance beyond the fine con
dition of the land in the last sowing season.
In 1883 there was a loss Of nearly 100000 acres
on a basis Of 100000 in wheat, and the re-
bound this year Of %, 900 acres is but tempo
rary. The tendency to put cultivated INTO pas
ture lands will be greater than ever this COM
ing year. The highest estimate for wheat IL
50 bushels, and the lowest 80, the more careful
estimates keeping within 81. The total pro-
duction lie 8 a,5l6,Sl7 bushels, tho highest
being l06, O00, 600 The commissioner says
with regard to the crop in Great Britain
and Ireland that the results of the
harvest have created widespread ~satisfac-
ton. The report Of the haryests in Austria,
Hungary, Russia and France are very favor
able. Ii is estimated in France that sa,000, 900
bushels can be imported A dispatch TO Lon
don from Calcutta expresses the opinion that
India will be able TO export 5O,0OO,U0 bushels
of wheat 10 foreign countries this year. The
commissioner observes that the increase OF
exports from India from q few hundred thous-
and bushels per annum ten 70 twenty yeare
ago, to 81 las, 53 bushels in lSol-Ss, and 81
137,gi1 bushels OF sixty pounds for1SS3-s4, has
excited tho attention Of the wheat-growing u
tries. Conditions have not been favorable in
former years for irge India exports, mainly
from lack OF transportation facilities The
careless cleaning of tho grain and the mixing
of the various kinds, with the resulting de
terioration in quality has also tended to keep
the price too low for active supply for expor-
.st;cn. !. Il new proposed g increase midas
railway facilities, aud the home government ~
asked 20 assist in the extension
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25
NEWS OF THE WEEK,
Washington Nsxs

Lieut. Col Orlando n Nooro
m.An'ry' having been found by 40 arn,v i
aecaSn Soafd lncapaciated for active service ~
bv 49, " Instability incident 10 the serySca ~
tive seryico oi me president, retired from nc
~ = t@s' three months II has been repeat.
suy stated that Commissioner Dudley Z, ~
a'iOn onroau, would resign to enter sop,e
o o1er business but he still sticka There /, !,
sntbortsala. u this Kind, from tho very best Of
qua enter into the banking business O
ios'oihees established -Dakota-Cromwe
nurleiBh county Hill city, Pennington county
"hnnesota-New Grove, Lincoln county Wis
oo'''m-hpoe, Manitowoc county. Postofics
naIoS chAnged-Dakota--Kibby, Cass county
y consumption Postmasters commission
X nStnna y nchroeder, MOltke. MINI. Fdwar5
g. donaldson, late Davis, MINI. New
cn,,ns- -Sohn Strate, Gertrude. pembina
Grth. Dak; Alice A. Teagarden, Nelson,
washington Special: The president has
probably enjoyed nothing more, in small T.v
aNrlhg his term OF Office than the snubbipo he
n"s embraced the opportunity to give Assist
ant seeretary French by lifting Second Assist.
an'eoon over his head and designating him 70
axe care Of the treasury department until
sudge ROGERS successor is appointed Mr.
aIel9r has never been able To more than on.
uuIe french, and would have been happy a,
my uiae 70 have dismissed him ON a fair yex,
~: II was French who did John Sherman's
pt1Glng az The time Sherman was q candidate
~ = president n certain man as collector
o. the important port of New YoTk stnoS ~
threateningly in the way, French nnon COM
70 NeW York to investigate Arthur. was not con-
eh' 70 execute his commission-wbicb was
INSCRIPTIONS en0ugh-but went out of his
way IN ms zeal for sherman and in the hone
o. removal to belittle the collector and bring
Tsoflee into as much odium as possible
mere Is no sympathy for FrcL N hore.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25
IN. morrill, Letter a Forgery.

Washington Special TO Chicago Tribune; Mr..
l. X Cannon OF this city, formerly OF the SD.
peryising architects Office, has just returned
from a trip to Maine. He is reported to nave
said that Mr. BcdwelL, the quarry owner with
whom he is connected in business, has an al
Sdayit from Mrs. Morrill, which will be PUB
lished shortly, and which VIII create = son .as
ton The report is that Mr.. BoiNell visited
Mrs Merrill after the publication Of her al
le,ed letter 70 the Ohio republican committee,
snd thst she emphatically denied ever having
wri,,en snch a letter. Mr.. Bodwell was anx-
,ons ii he ahIe 10 deaythe story ia snchs mar,
nsr A. 10 set all doubts at resi-, and suggcs.eo
that Mrs morrill, make a. am anlu IA My Rod.
veil a once began 10 hunt down the fo,gers
~ aas met With partial success, y y sala, ana
ihe true inwardnoss Of the story VIII shorty
be given 10 the public
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25
Grandeur of the Republican Party

Speech OF r. T. Storrs in Boston:
The republican party has made Of jar
rag States = nation, and it has made that ma
ton free--free in every sense and IN its larg-
est sense, and on this continent what an editcs
has il reared, The dome az broad and vast as
the arching sknes above US from whose walls
we have removed the decaying timbers Of ha-
man ehattlehood and replaced them with the
everlasting granite of universal freedom,
From those walls we have efaced the Old
foul inscriptions OF the bad old times Tht
bred Scott decision, with its internal doctrine,
no longer fauuts It's shame in our eyes. The
story OF the escaping slave no longer Is re-
corded on its banners; ITO crack OF the Whlp
has died away; the bay OF tho pursuing
bloodhound is a bad recollection OF a bad
past; the imploring cry OF the pur-
sued slave is heard no more But
REDEEMED az IL a planet shone upon II, glistens
there republic beneath whose flag every hui
man being is free, free 10 think, free 20 speak
and free 10 vote a. he pleases The old blus-
tering spirit of our institutions before the war
that elevated itself on It's piles OF boxes and
bales, and chaIked its dollar and cent marks
an over Gods ten commandments, has been
pulled down and IN its place, coming rom
her throne among the stars, II that radlant
spirit which worship in my waking hour ana
in NV dreams-the spirit Of a mighty, free en-
pre-, with its glistening %coronet upon her brow,
with sword, aud shield, and plume, taxing the
poorest of our citizens by the hand and saying,
ssBy the living God, no shall be free to think,
10 rp-ah, &c TS.s - be pieases, and Tor theln-
earnation Of that mighty spirit urge the cleo
ton and shall vote for Blaine and Logan
[Great applausel
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25
The Irish Rallying for Blaine.

Alexander Sullivan is in New York and spoke
at the Academy Of Music for Blaine and Logan
In an interview with reporter he said: while
president of the Irish League, l could not with
propriety discuss political matters Now thai
] am free, l intend 10 devote all my time until
after the election in advocating the republican
cause. Since lST2Ihaye worked with the dem,
ocrats. In this canvass | would have supported
Thurman, or Randall, or any man not absolute
ly committed to free trade. | was perfectly
willing 10 see 4 change Of administration, II i
could have come without danger; but this can.
not be, with Cleveland on a platform dictated
by the Morrison wing Of the party. Smce thu
convention | have been in Pennsylvania, Ohio
Massachusetts, and Rhode Island, and have
kept up constant communication with Irish.
Americans from Maine to California. The
change in sentiment against the democratic
party is general Thoy are opposed TO free
traSs and dissatisfied with the nomination OF
Cleveland Personally, | regard this change
of front as a blessing. II will greatly modify
the democratic party in the future. The lNsh-
Americans will never again be a solid element
politically. The Irish Americans like Blaines
dash, his consistent loyalty to the principles OF
projection TO American industry, in a word, his
intense Americanism.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25
General Logau's Speech a. To,sso

Toledo Special;-General Logan sp,ke n,
League Park to one OF the largest apdiencas
that ever assembled in this city. He claimed
that the only monument erected by the Demo.
cratic party had been its course in relation ,c
freetrade. 81 will not say that they are actipo
the part o fagents OF the British government
but do say that misguided though they are
they performed the same service for the
Brush government while they had the power
IN this country that the lords OF England would
have performed If they had seats in the con.
Bress OF the United States" In reply 20 4
portion OF Gov Hendricks recent speech Gen.
republican party had been derelict In it, duty
toward foreign-born citizens in distant lands,
VINO mad been permitted to suffer because oi
me failure OF one part Of the Republican marty
70 preform their duty Now, | am sorry thai
mr Hendricks made that statement While
the Democratic party stood in ontrol Of this
country Tor forty years, let my friend Mr..
was enacted by the Democratic party, declaring
mat a citizen Of the United States should be
projected, whether he was a native or foreign
born, when he passed back 10 his native co1p-
try. IL was left for the Republican party IN
the year lS6Sto pass a law declaring that 8 citi-
Noh Oi thlS country, ~lOrelgn-boru, should be
protected on his own mother soil in person aud
property, the same as if hs were a native -borr
citizen, and never was that doctrine enunciate6
IN a statute of this country by the Democratic
party
When a proclamation was issued suppress.
ing slavery, the Democratic party everywhere
opposed II in congress and out Of eougress, aud
no act has ever been passed vet in favor OF
human freedom by the Democratic party in Of
out of congress" In reply to a statement by
Gov. Hendricks in his speech at the fair
grounds, as TO the passage Of the homestead
act, Gen. Logan Tecited the history Of those
laws During Buchanan's administration the
oil passed, and il was left 10 a Re.
publican congress in the administration Of
President Lincoln TO pass the homestead bill
and the bill for land given for agricultural
colleges was signed by Lincoln. The speaker
ridiculed the tarIn plank Of the Democratic
national platform. We were compelled 10 90
back 20 history 10 know what that plank meant
party was a fres trade party before thu
war, and the constitution "f the Southern con.
federacy contained a free trade provision.
Confedcrates in consequence received
sympathy and aid from England, because the
eleven seeding states would have been opened
TO her aud manufacturers
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25


John G. Major, ex-strcef Commissioner Harr,
farrent clerk; Arthur Pervin, correspondent
q me Chicago Inter Ocean; Henry Lehmsn
baker; y. IN Lowry clerk. and Friend Miner
painter This win be the first trip by ap'
slnu or a craft from the source Of the Missouri
q we month Of the Mississippi, ! distanc
reports have reached here that farmers In
virginia and Maryland, living along the Poto.
mac river and Chesapeake and Ohio canal.
whose hogs died from cholsra, which is raging
IN that section, have been throwing dead hogs
inio me river and canal As the Potomac river
y me sole source of water supply Of this city,
Dr townsend, of the health board, went np
The river for that purpose. He returned 10.
night, and says he found there bad been but
mule exaggeration in the reports; that carcases
o. hogs m various stages OF decomposition
noated IN The river and canal or were lodged
among rocks along the banks, and that canal
9oatmen from further up the river reported
me stencil from putrefying earcasses In In,
upper river and canal, terrible.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25

The air Of Colorado is so transparent
that q stranger finds it impossible to esti-
mate distances. He thinks a range of
hills close at hand, when they are tif-
teen miles away. An amusing anecote
brings out this transparent deception:
A couple Of Englishmen once started
from Denver for the foot-nills, Judging
them to be four miles off. After walk
ing eight miles and finding themselves
apparently no nearer to the range,
they came to the Denver irrigation
ditch, about four feet wide.
One of them stopped on the bank
end began TO strip, his companion ef-
claimin g.
why, what are you going TO dor"
II am going TO swim this river"
why, man, its a ditch, and only a
yard or so ecross!"
How do l know il isn't a quarter of
a mile? We've been fooled enough al
ready, and I'm not going 20 risk a wet
ting you can jump in If You like"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25

Tine Africans do not believe in long
sindsd essays, even in their diplomatic
s~reaties. The extradition treaty be-
yween the King OF Ethiopia and the
Rhedive of Egypt is as follows, and en-
braces every criminal case: "His Ma
iesty the Negoosa Negust and his High
ness the Khediye engage 20 deliver
up, M to the other, any criminal or
criminals who may have fed to escape
punishment from the dominions of the
n to the dominions Of the other"
The announcement that the Chilean
Government has declared a wal OF ex-
termination against the monarch of yul-
tures-the candor-and offers S5 for
every candor killed, iustiies some re-
marks as to the possibility of the Chilean
Government realizing its purpose. The
candor has, indeed, been declared Fan
enemy 70 the republics" and candor-
hunting has become a highly lucrative
business; but when one takes into con-
sideration the astounding powers of the
bird and its wonderful habits, one finds
1t hard to believe that the Government
can ever succeed in destroying the species
at any price.
In the German Empire, seventeen
years ago, there were 800 towns, with
populations of between 5000 and 20,-
600, which were without railway accom-
modations. In the year 1880, the num-
Der of such town was only 1872. OF
towns having populations of between
1000 and 5000, there are in the empire
1875, of which only 46S had an
way accommodation seventeen .rs
ago. BY 1850 the Eumber of TOW so
provided had risen 10 1872.
The Philadelphia Ledger says Of
street car conductors who assist women
passengers with their baskets, bundles
and valises: "This is true of the son.
ductors, with rare exceptions. They
are especially careful to assist ONE
passengers, without regard to station
in life, and there can be no better test
of courteous attention"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25
General News Items.

Last Friday nighta at O'Clock the 56+ath year
Of the Jewish nation came into existence.
The Baltimore 4 Ohio Telegraph company
will at once spend 8 l,O0O,OC0 Oh a line to the
Northwest and another to the South Atlantic
cities.
At the meeting OF the Army Of tho lumber
land at Buffalo, officers for the ensuing year
wore elected as follows: President, Lieut. Gen.
Phil Sheridan; corresponding secretary, Col
Henry NJ. Cist: treasurer, Gen. James Fuller
ton: recording secretary, Col John W. steele,
In indianapolis, Frederick Rand, was named
receiver Of the Indiana Banking company to
succeed John G 4 Harrison. Tn prosecut-
In, attorney asked permission TO file a nolle
nTsseoui 10 the indictment charging Harrison
with embezzlement II is understood the re-
quest will be granted
The great organ OF the New Orleans expo
si,ion now binding viii have between $500
and 1900 pipes, ranging from the grand double
omen diapason, which will be thlrty-two feet IN
learth, to the smallest pipe in the organ, which
will bo but five-eighths or an men IN iength.
The organ will be fifty feet wide by forty IN
heigth
President Bates, Of the Baltimore & Ohio
Telegraph company, has been authorized to
,htam stimatss forextonsions aud improve
mepts involving an expenditure Of not to OK
saad a. 600 COO Plans and stimAtes are now
being considered for extensions OF the Bait
moro a Ohio system 70 st Pau, MINI, Kansas
CJty. Ricnmond, Va, Norfolk, Va, Charleston,
& Il, and Savannah, Atlanta, and augusta ua
The failure Of Harzfeld, Frie'ld& Co, manu-
eacturers and wholesale dealers in cloaks, IN
chicago was announced Friday aud caused
considerable excitement IN business circles
n = understood thai their heavist creditors
ire In Boston ard New York CITY. Their total
liabilities will probably be sAoUu, ana me
,ssests, including book accounts may reaize
slJo,h1
AT the town OF Cheney, Wash. Ter the bank
tng housa 4 2 9 nanford a Co. closed its
doors recently. Danford and wife both alb
seounded from the country, taklng All avail
able asgets. including deposits. The fust'rv--
have both Como to Victoria, Is O. ana can safe-
ly defy the authorities % arrest them tnere.
II Ainsworth, cashier OF the pank. nas len ~
rested The loss 10 depositors will probably
reach s90,0o
The harvest is practically completed in Man
itoba, and the result is shown TO be an average
,,ela Of twenty-five bushels Of wheat 10 the
acre, against an average Of twenty-fhree bush
els last wear, giving 10 the farmers an export
~ ,rn,n five ~ seven million OF bushels. Bar
I'd viii average about forty bushels 70 the
acre. and oats somewhat less Crops have
no damage from frosr, and damage
from any cause has beon slight, and the gram
viii be- gathered in good shape
At Helena, Montana. six gentlemen set saii
!, ! twenty-foot boat called The Rose with
M intention Of descending the Mississippi
and Missouri rivers. The parry ineiudes
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-09-25

Sir Evelyn Barring and Nubar Pashs have re-
ceiyed an identical cipher telegram from Gen.
Gordon, dated Khartoum, Ang. "a He is wait
ing British forces in order 70 evacuate Egyptian
earrisons, The kilograms reads Send me
Zeebehr Pasba; pay him a yearly salary OF
RS,Gm. / shall surrender the Socdan 10 the
sultan directly 2e1,uW Turkish troops arrive
IL the rebels kill the Egyptians, You are an
swerable for TING bioodshed roqttre t5oe :
coo TO pay my soldiers, my daily expenses be-
ing El,J0 Within a few days l shall take
Berber, whore ! have sert Gel Stewart, Consul
Power and the French consul. with troops aud
i'Ssni bszouks, who, after stopping there for a
fortnight viii hurn the town and return 30
Rhartonm. Col Stewart VIII 60 20 Equator,
via Dengeia, tc bring the garrison from there.
i do not believe the repoft th.t III Mahdi is
coming hithnr ! hope the SoralSneSe will xiii
him. IfTurkish troops arrive, thAy should como
by Dongola aud Kassala. You should give them
E30O,UO0