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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04
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Adispaich from Middleton, n. Y, says
The Middleton National bank has failed The
doors closed Friday morning The failure
was caused by president Thomas King. whC
accepted large drafts on Benjamin u Brown,
grain dealer OF Indianapolis and Burning
ton, Iowa, without security. Brown has
made an assignment The capital OF the
bank il s209,0Oe; surplus, Sil5,000 The OK.
tent OF loss 10 not known as vet definitely. De
posters win lose nothing King takes all tho
blame on himself. His resent advances were
made without the knowledge Of other officers
and ireciors The banz examiner Ia on his way
10 Washington Bank examiner GeorgeT. May
of Washington 10 now IN possession OF the bank.
President King takes al the blame ON him
aelf. In July last the directors notified
King that Browns credit must not be
extended, bat reduced King disobeyed
the instructions and broke tho hank A rccord
of acceptances OF Browns drafts on the bank
was kept by King IN a book Ia his possession,
and concealed from the other efieerS. so far
a. known more than $a0O,d00 Of such accept
anoos sre ont II is the opinion Of the best IN
formed that the entire capital and surplus win
DO wiped out
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04
Rain and River Notes.

The dispafritr's ofice OF the Manitoba road
At ~ Cloud eaught FIRE recently and was de
strcyed Nothing was saved The passenger
Depot was saved by the efforts Of employees
with buckets.
7. W. ClelAnd, agent Of the Northwestern
division 81 the Eris Telegraph 4 Telephone
company At wincna, has been arrested on a
sarrenf Issee5 - y b Nqel, superintendent
OF the company, charging Clciand With embez-
cling 500 in money Belonging TO the company.
Alexander Mitchell, president Of the chicago,
Milwaukee 4 st Paul railroad will act as agent
for 4 number of Montreal capitalists Ia pur-
ehasIng ! ,O0o,UO bushels or more wheat for
expectation 10 Europe. Nj. Hitrifcil mas loft
fol Manitoba for tbs ruI pose OF buying a
large surplus OF iie wheat crop Of the North
wet
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04

part, making Dawson or Tappan tho
capital Of the new county.
A repleyin suit has been bror
as 80. stock Of goods at
, huron for $12, 900, by the latest ar
rival of Chicago creditors, on the
ground Of fraud.
Prairie fires have done considerable
da,nage in the sicinity OF Mitchell.
Wolves are numerous in the vicinity
Of Sioux Falls.
The Gsandin farm, in the Red river
valley, is preparing II 900 acres OF land
10 plant to wheat next spring.
Howard lodge As, A. +. and A. NJ
will meet in their new hall, In the
Lighthizer opera house block, the sec
ond Wednesday in December. The
new hall, nearly finished, will be one
Of the finest and largest lodge rooms IN
Southern Dakota.
Small poy has appeared near Elkton
but is said to be under control, with nj
fears of its spreading.
Fronk J. Washobough OF Deadwood
is o candidate for presiding officer o.
the council.
Hanson county has voted to build
$40 900 court house at Alexander.
The postofice at New Bedford wat
robbed of $57.
@. E. Dickerman OF ST. Paul and di
rector Of the first National bank of De
J nnrah Tn-to rpck
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04
How the Renders Died.

The sudden disappearance Of the
members of the murderous Bender
family afterthe revelation of their nu-
merous atrocities, and the failure of all
efforts to discover the whereabouts of
the fugitiyes, enshrouded the whole af-
fair with an air Of impenetrable mys-
terry. The vail was not lifted until
some twelve months ago, when the st.
Louis Republican published the story
OF n of the avenging party which over
took and annihilated the whole family
in the Indian Territory not far from
the banks of the Grand river. The au-
thor OF that graphic narrative, Can't.
j. Q. Reeves, OF Appleton City, No, is
at present a transient guest at the Hotel
Barnum, and when seen by a Republic
can reporter he cheerfnlly consented 10
give all the details Of the Blenders traQ-
ic ending, except the name Of the man
by whose hand they were slain.
when DIR. York was missed" the
Captain began, Sol. York traced his
brother to the house occupied by the
Blenders. Being unable to obtain any
further i~nformatian Of his lost brother
he returned to Independence, Kan. /.
and communicated the result of his in
yestigation TO Capt. Stone, Sheriff of
Montgomery county. The next day
Col. York and Capt. Stone visited the
Bender residence, and they were re-
oaivcd bv tho mo- ,ykn ,uo r.
Bender, and who went by the name of
John Bender. John Bender admitted
that DIR. York had stayed at their
house, and asserted that he had heard
nothing Of the Doctor since. Being
unable to obtain any satisfaction, Col.
York and Capt. Stone retraced their
steps to Independence. A posse was
formed, and the company started forth
determined 10 investigate the matter
TO the bottom. When they arrived at
the Bender homestead the birds had
flown. The house and garden were ex.
amined, and in the garden we found
nine bodies of murdered persons, one of
which was recognized as that of
DIR. York. Public indignation at this
discovery knew no bounds, and the OK.
element became Intense.
"A party consisting of $. s. Peterson,
deputy United States marshal, Col
York, Bell Wright, George Dawson
and myself was formed to follow the
trail Of the Blenders. We tracked the
wagon to Thayer, Kas., where we found
the wagon abandoned. At this point
we took the railrood cars for Chanute.
on the NJ, X. and I. railroad. AZ
Chanute We procured another wagon
and proceeded in the direction Of fbe
Grand river, which runs through the
Indian territory. Ii was in Indian ter
ritory on the BANKS Of the Grand river
that Col. York, who was in the van Of
the party, overhauled the Blenders
They all died very suddenly and they
ace buried in the Indian territory near
they fell have nothing more
20 ses Fat eIds the story"
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04

A Boston lawyer, Miss Leila J. Rob
mson, bias lately removed to Washing.
ton territory which is an excelIent field
fol = lawyer other sox. Miss Robinson
Is not one Of the Bolya Lockwood varie-
~ Of woman lawyers. who make notorie-
" q substitute for legal knowledge, bus
she has had q careful and thorough
professional education, which, with q
mind naturally acute and forcible. and
q valuable experience in some branches
Of practice before leaving Boston,
makes q solid basis for genuine and
legitimate success in her profession.
The bar Of the territory, which includes
some lawyers Of more Than ordipsry
talent and learning, has formed a
favorable opinion Of her abilities, and
q Is said that she is likely 10 be elected
! judge when the people having adj
saaeed beyond the territorial stage,
can elect tneia 81 iuigss.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04

+. one were 10 read each day the rec.
ord OF fires throughout the country he
would imagine that the @nre fend" had
full power in The land and the last con
coniagration was well under way
And 50 81 the reports Of business fail
ares and wage-tfoab;ss which are nov
80 often TO be met with N she newspa
pers. II these items are ncted and col.
iected they meke a dismal record, bnt
we must remember that for every busi.
nc-s house or mandatory whic:. sol
iapsea there are hundreds il not thous
anda which are going quietly and pros.
pes eisly on as usuel.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04
Health. Pollu,lns rs...

There is no excuse for many a.,
ing and health-polluting priyie, + !
and village homes. To those .-oc0.,.-
to good earth OF water-elosss
idea of the corlmon PRIV a,
yanlt, holding the reeking aSe,r.s
tons Of years, TO poison the i,
shock the senses is intolerabls,
are deferred from making changes !
the better for the fear OF the s,,..
but it is far better to pay out q.
here than to pay the doctor. Nh \
perfect earth-closet may n
tablished and kept up without sny -
ly investment, as the writer know, !
experience. At his home. -.
from water conveniences, he ad's.'s
the following plaa, and has kent 4 M !.
many years: The privy buiidino \.
raised about two feet higher tS.n !
used TO stand, and the door approSs
by steps. BY cutting an opeoips |.
the back of the house, below la ~
this new level easily allowed Of rupri,
a wheelbarrow, the carrying part
which was a box, underneath. inor
able cover ia made TO the openipy
slant outwards and cover the hapdL
of the barrow. Then, inside a a
structure, a bushel-box of dry earth
coal ashes LAS constantly kept, and
it an asn-shoyel. Those ordinsu
using the closet were instructed to .
ply a shovelful of earth on the con.e,
each time. No smell ever aross IN
the place, and once a month the b
row was easily trundled away reliev
of its load and returned.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04

Many people are ander the fmprcs.
sion that social life in cities Is more
agreeable than elsewhere. This 4
mistake, as country people al.
ways find, when transplantsd 10 a city.
There is less real Friendship, less con.
idcnce. lass sincerity, less intimacy be-
tween people in The city than In the
country. Perhaps il is because there
are more rascality, more vice, more
deyiitry going on in the city, which
n,eSe men and women more suspicious
II each other, and lean tnem IL place a
over estimate on human nature. Peo-
pie 90 not know each other as thorough.
~ inthe city as in the country, and CON
iidence j. a plant Of small growth. Ev,
sxyshtng m-ee arsifciai. more con
senkg.< the cipsSit destroys in !
go that feeling Of homo life
) hA one fecls who is born and
reated in the country and which ought
70 DO cultivated.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04

Of AupuefS. CA, Chronicle and Sentinel, nns
there Z . plsAsna expectation OF coAes anf
pistols ia fes air.
Mr. Il d. Parker hsslbsen sppointed agent OF
tho Minnesota Transfer Company ~ khs trans
far midway between 81 Paul and MinnGapo-
liz. Mr.. r. rker was ~ one finhe cannlel
~ ,l,s Mia Laos Lumber company, aaC
has HAD varied railroad experienced
For several months Mrs. Anua Il Rams"-
wife OF Ex-Gov Rampy, ofst y
m al her residence
nnfh ee.-r.ttyely ,treatly was NV eco yer-
aespAieeh o. No one Who knows or knows q
tho esiiNEbIe lady bat win share in tho grief O
her Immediate friends at the knowledge Of hsl
inniinenf danger
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04

In- N4EI N. 4NaNaht H4aMH
Woman Suffrage IN Washington Ter
ritory has not vet borne unwelcome
fruits, L the officials tell the truth.
The governor, 10 his annual report Ia
the federal arshorities ia Washington
says Although many Of our citizens
are disposed TO question the wisdom Of
this law, especially when attended with
the requirements that women should
serve as i@uroru, il meets with the APP
proval Of q large majority of the peo-
pie. and the women Of the territory are
for the most part strongly DESTROYS that
the enartment be retained upon our
statute books. Thus far il seems at
tended with no important results nm,
favorable 10 the welfare OF the people
81 tine territory. Chief Justice Greene,
81 Washington Territory. in his last
charge to the Grand Jury. bears
the following testimony to the
good effect Of women serving ON juries /:
Twelve terms Of court, ladies and gem
silemen. / have now held, in which
women have served as grand and petty
jurors, and It is certainly o fact beyond
dispute that no other twelve ternsss &C
sanitary for restraint Of crime have ev-
y been held in this territory" This
tess@>ny Of the Governor and Chief
Justice. il by no ean conclusive a. 10
the probable results elsewhere. should
The experiment 10 tried in thickly set
tied portions Of the country, the result
might not beso favorable. But every
oody viii watch wsth increasing inter.
ut, tho final outcome Of the radical in
nofation upon inmemorial custome,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04
PAVING on 81. Hir.a rr.n

This is about the time when farmers
who hire BY the season are called on to
settle up; and il makes a large hole in
The Income of the farm, and too many
farmers are inclined to drive a closer
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04

In somerariS e. brides on their
wedding day have their f-ais bsst ex-
tracted and their iine= o. Gun sery
close.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04
n,aIlING sTeky

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am sure, sp mo-
|, hsnds over el. ai ~
Hn wife was ~
a
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have looKe @.o' Id :
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lsfe seems lu'' =
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s,giying! ,,hh d = \
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bat We sl shat nI'
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thankful, wa Ma,'e !,
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d we're 80.
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said Bessie, Q,
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bred the iire lnt'
books and pa
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-12-04
THE DAKOTA CAPITAL.

Gov. Pierce Issues O Proclamation
nouneing the Building at Bismarck
dy for Occupancy, and Calling Upo
Territorial G1icers to Act Accordi
BISMARCK, Oak, Special Telegram, ~
The new capitol building being now
for occupancy, Gov. Pierce has issued {
lowing proclamation
. whereas, section l2 OF the act apI
March s, 1883, providing for the location OF
tho seat Of government Of the Territory OF Da-
kota, and for the erection of public buildings
shereat, prescribes the duty OF the governor in
words 10 wit: As soon as the capitol building
provided for 10 this act Is erected and completed
il shall be the duty OF said commissioners to re-
port such fact TO the governor, who hall there
upUn issue his proclamation setting forth the ao-
tiou OF the commissioners and declaring said
building ready for occupancy and IL shall then
be tho duty Of all the territorial officers whose
offices are properly kept at the capitol TO re-
move within thirty days thereafter their several
offices together With the public property, ar
chives. records, books aud papers 70 the build.
ing and place as declared ready for occupancy,
and all sessions OF the legislature shall there
after be convened in the said building at the
said place; and whereas, the notifications as
prescribed in said section has been received az
this office, therefore, !, Gilbert A Pierce, gov.
ernor of the territory OF Dakota, do declare
said building ready for occupancy, and en-
join upon all persons concerned to take dGs
notice thereof and govern themselves accord.
ingly.
Done at Bismarck, Oak this 10th day OF No
yember, in the year Of our Lord, one thousand
eight hundred and eighty four.
BY tho governor, GILBERT A. PIERCE.
JAMES H. TELLER, Secretary Dakota Territory,
fSeal Of Dakota
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-09-06
The Future Qneen II SPAN.

The heir of the Crown even assumes
the title of Prince of Asturius : thus We
have q sweet little girl, the Infanta
Mercedes, who is, up to the present
presumptive heiress, called the Princess
of Asturias. The little lady il the very
image of her royal mother. Queen
Christina (Chrisia, as she likes to 8 gn
herself, with true Austrian Gemu'hlict-
keith She appears daily In public.
that is, she takes drive through the
streets of Madrid to the beautiful park
of the Retro, the Spanish Bots de Bou-
Iogne, or ON the Castellana, . magnif-
cent promenade. Whenever her out
rider appears, everybody stops to get q
glimpse of the lovely, winsome child,
30 pure and delicate in her snowy robes.
She is always dressed in white, summer
or winter: even the little chair which il
fixed upon the seat of her carriage ];
covered with white satin upholstery
Her equerry always rides alongside the
door Of her carriage, and her govern
ess, the Duchess Of Medina de lars Tor
res, occupies the seat at her left. He
wet-nurse was Spanish woman from
the mountains OF Asturias, but he
nurse is an English woman.-Cor
american Req 'Ster.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-09-06
rARx AND PRESIDE.

Tar mixed with fish oil is recon-
mended as a splendid remedy for hard
or brittle feet in animals. Times.
1t is claimed that eggs stored with
the large end downward will keep much
longer than if in any other position.
Don't try to spread over too many
acres, but rather TO make what you do
90 over deeper and richer; there is
where the money is.-Boston Globe.
The old fashion of serving lunch or
supper without cloth has been re-
vived, and is particularly effective. The
prettiest mats to use for these occa-
sions are made of scarlet yarn.-In-
didndp0lis Journal. Sos ssra4g
Few people understand how the
small white onions. picked, and sold in
glass jars by grocerymen, are grown.
The same seed is used for large onions,
but it is sown thickly--say forty or
more pounds to the acre, while to pro-
duce the large ones but five or six
pounds are sown.-C leretasd Leader.
A very nice way to cook mackerel
for breakfast is. after freshening it, t.
boil it for ten minutes, take it out Of
the water, drain it, remove the back
bone, then pour over the fish gravy
made of milk thickened with flour. and
with q lump of butter added. The
gravy is just like that which you make
| Tor milk toast.-M Y Post.
-Fritters: One pint of flour, foul
eggs, one teaspoonful of salt, one pint
of boiling water. Stir the flour int
| the water by degrees. and stir until i
has boiled three minutes. Let it ge
| almost cold, when beat in the yolks
| then the whites of the eggs, which
must be previously whipped stiff.-
| The Household.
1t won't do to "hasten slowly" il
| milking. for milking should be dom
rapidly and thoroughly. Slow milking
| of cows never secures the full product
The COW becomes tired of relaxing tn
| udder muscles, and after q time resume
the more natural position of contracting
them. This makes much strippingnec
essary, and slow mixer will never hav
patience to strip long time. Partia
milking soon dries the cow and great
reduces her value Albany Journal
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-09-06

At club dinner in New York re-
Gently, an examining surgeon related
the following incident, showing how
the Arrears act developed pensioners
out of sound and undeserving men.
During the war he was surgeon of an
infantry regiment. When the regiment
first went into battle he observed, sit
ting behind big tree, at q safe dis
lance from the fighting-line, the Captain
of one of the companies.
"What are you doing here, CaptainP"
asked the doctor.
''rm not feeling WE'LL" replied the
officer, in . doleful voice.
The surgeon was too busy looking
after the wounded to stop and inquire
rs to his complaint. A few weeks later
the regiment again got under fire, and
the surgeon found the same Captain
skulking behind barn.
Hello! sick AGAIN." he exclaimed.
-'.Well, the fact is, doctor. I'm not
exactly sick. l may as well own up
that I'm coward. There's no help
for it. 1t must be constitutional. Now,
doctor, what's the use of my staying in
the army? Won't you help me get .
discharge.
The surgeon thought he was doing
the country 3 service when, a few days
afterward, he recommended that the
man be discharged on the ground of
general disability. He heard nothing
OF the Captain until sixteen years later,
when he received . letter from the
Pension Office informing him that Cap
tain Blank had applied for . pension
from the date OF his muster-out, and
that IS he, as surgeon Of the regiment,
had certified to the disability, would he
kindly inform the Government as to the
nature of the disease from which the
officer suffered? The surgeon replied
that the Captains complaint was
chronic and incurable cowardice, not
contracted ia the line of his duty, but
constitutional. The Captains name
did not 90 upon the roll, and his plan
for getting some four thousand dollars
for arrears and twenty dollars month
for the rest Of his life came TO grief.
How many schemes no less dishonest
have succeeded through the compiai.
sance Of examining surgeons, less
honest than tho narrator Of this Incl
dent. could only b. ascertained By {
thorough er-hauling at the whole
Pension List and decentralization q
Tie entire army Of pen6qneEa -. =
Smollsy, IN ~ CentssY.
The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1884-09-06

Stranger nd SO you don'tlike the
country" 80.
Western Man mo; I'm going back
East. I" -y,-;g
stranger-"I see it's fearfully windy
here, but you own considerable real
estate, and I'm told that real estate ip
this section goes up very fast"
Western Man-'sThat is just why
shall leave"
Stranger "Whatl Leave because
real estate goes up?"
Western Man "Yes, sir. Nothing
but cable chains will hold real estate
down in this section when the breeze
gets started. Great George! there goes
my last barn now" -Phiaiclphia Call