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The Dickinson press., 1884-07-12
cyclons in the Black Ellis.

A cyclone swept over the valley eight milea
north of this city at 4 o'clock Sunday doing
great damage. Horses and outbuildings were
swept from the face of the earth, fences wiped
out, great fields of grain pounded deep into
the ground, stock killed and manned, in short
the desolation was rendered complete. Mr.
Boomers house, occupied by Mr.. Boomer and
two men named Merritt, was wrecked. Joe
Arnolds house was wiped out. Andrew Bar
rett's residence was badly damaged. Two
horses and a number of stock were killed. p,
A Searnight'sh house, with contents, was utter
ly destroyed. A quantity of stock was killed
outright. Mrs. John Mcleod was cut upon
the head by flying timbers. McNears house
was demolished and much stock killed. The
storm proceeded toward Red Water and False
Bottom 1t continued for about fifteen min.
The Dickinson press., 1884-07-12

Medical experts at Toulon have pro-
nounced the cholera cases in that CITY
to be of the true Asiatic type, thus dis
sipating the theory that the present out
break o fthe disease was wholly due tc
neglect of local sanitary arrangements,
Hough Toulon and Marseilles are the
nastiest cities in southern Europe. In one
view local neglect favors and fosters the
foreign fatal agent, but it pursues it's
course without this auxiliary. Indeed,
in presence of fixed facts there is too
much time wasted in theorizing. It
matters little in the death-throe Of the
patient whether this plague Of plaques
is contagious OF infectious. The best
way is to regard it in both aspects, and
take precautionary and preventive
measures accordingly.
The Dickinson press., 1884-07-12

The eastern papers cater in one sense
to the numerous class known as bread
eaters. They seem to magnify the
amount "in sight" and the prospects Of
an abundant crop, with o view of lower
ing the price of tue great staple, and
are assisted to some extent local pride
in large yields. As yet there is no real
basis for estimates of the number Of
bushels to be thrown on the market,
but this fact is no obstruction to the ex.
pert fgurers, who have their reputation
to maintain of seeing farther into the
future than anybody else.
The Dickinson press., 1884-07-12

Gen. Horace G. Lee, late postmaster
at Springfield and Colonel of the 9th
regiment in the war, died in Spring.
field, Mass.
Col. Bayard Clarke of New York, an
ex-member of congress, died suddenly
at his summer residence at Schroon
Lake.
With an expenditure o fless than $780,
100000 a year Germany can put in the
field, in ten days, 2,DOO,OOO trained SOL
diers.
Emily Faithful says "there is no
country in the world in which husbands
are so good, so kind and afectionate as
in the United States"
Colorado has to buy s., 900, 900 worth
of grain every year for cattle feed.
Goat Island, at Niagara Falls, is
valued at $1,000 900.
Lemuel S. Curtis, a merlden (Ct.)
millionaire, who built in that town q
house for the support of orphans and
aged women, has further endowed it
with $25O,00 and the institution will be
formally opened June %.
Gen. Sherman says he has voted only
once in his life. 1t would ,be interest
ing to know how many times he has
waitten q communication to the press
The richest mani in Philadelphia is u
plain old bachelor past eighty years,
whose shabby dress would not indicate
him to be worth in the neighborhood of
500, 900, 600.
The Dickinson press., 1884-07-12
Market Reports.

ST. PAuL.-Wheat, No. l hard, H@sl.o 90:
No. !, SIC: No. . hard. Ole: No. 2, '7S0SOc.
Corn. No. Z. SIC. No. 3. 4T0D5Oc.
Oats, No. z mixed. &c; No. 3 mixed. 26c:
2 white Soc. No }. white, 2Sc.
Barley. No. 9, 55c. No. 3 extra, 4Sc. /: No. 8,
aOc. .
Rye. No. 2, SIC.
Baled Hay, wild, ss4o; timothy. s1o5o
Eggs, 131h@l414c.
MnwAUKEE--Wheat, No. g, $3.50.
Corn. No. 2, 55c.
Oats, No. 2, 32@34c.
Rye No. 1. Csc.
Barley. No. g. 5Sc.
Mess Pork, $3.50.
Lard. $7.45.
Butter, choice creamery, 10000; fair tic
good, l1@lSc; best dairy, 14G0l5c.
Eggs, l41aa@l5c.
CH1cAGo.-Wheat, No. 9 Chicago spring, s4M
@s5c.l
Corn. 555s@55Ac.
Oats. SIG.
Rye. ALc.
Barley. 60c.
Flax Seed, $1.56.
Pork, sl8W@$1S.5 so.
Lard, ]14OM$7.45.
Butter, creamery, 2O@2sc; dairy, 1Sf@l9c.
Eggs, 15l@l6c
The Dickinson press., 1884-07-12

Over the hundred women have ap.
piled for admission to Harvard Cniyer
sity at Cambridge. One would think
that the famous Wellesley kemale col
lege near Boston. and scores Of o.he,
first class institutions If similar char.
acter would afford every facility reaiu-ei
for female education. hus the strong
minded yankee girls are determined *
compete with the Young Men npaa taso
w field.
The Dickinson press., 1884-07-12
General News Items.

Maria s. Markham, after fourteen years of
waiting has obtained a divorce from Arthur L.
Markham, known az the actor Frank Mordaunt.
Mrs. Markham's maiden name was Evans. She
married the actor in Chicago in 1862. She had
just left school.
The failures for six months ended July 1,
1881, are reported by r. &. DIN e. Co. to num-
Der $3.50, compare with 1861 forthe first six
mouths of 1883. The liabilities of the first
half foot up to tbs enormous sum of 1a4, 0un,-
compared with 500, 100000 for the same
period, OF nearly double.
The Dickinson press., 1884-07-12

In the house Of commons Lord Edmund
Fitzmaurice, the under foreign secretary, an
nounced that the whereabouts of Sheldon, the
Englishman reported captured by outlaws in
Kansas and held for ransom had not been dis
covered. The fall Of Debbeh and Berber, he
said, had not been confirmed. The govern
ment had protested against English vessels
arriving at Spanish ports being quarantinsd
The Dickinson press., 1884-07-12
The Senate of the United States acte

The Senate of the United States acted
wisely in setting aside the unexpended
balance of the 100000 appropriation
passed last year, as an emergency fund
to prevent the spread Of contagious dis,
eases in the country. 1t is we'll to b.
prepared for an emergency. and such
an one as the sudden outbreak of $
pestilence belongs not to the category
of impossibilities.
The Dickinson press., 1884-07-12
Personal News Notes.

When Judge Brewer returned from st. Paul
to Leavenworth Tuesday night, $50 of the
prominent business men of Leavenworth
marched with a band to his residence and gave
him a hearty welcome homo.
The Dickinson press., 1884-07-12

The New York Mail and Express, evi.
IDENTIFY referring to the recent collapsed
brokers and spectators of that city
says: "The number of husbands who
are now supported by their wives
larger than ever"
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SCIENTIFIC CHAT.

Experiments to test the utility of the electric
light in discovering wounded soldiers on the field
of battle recently instituted by the Society Of
the Red Cross, of Geneva.
- The latest application of luminous paint is that
of Southeastern railway thirtl-class carriage in
England the interior OF which has been lined with
the paint on the back of glass.
- A scientific observer claims that the fatness of
the earth at the pole brings the polar 3 miles
nearer than any other portions of the globe to
the central ball of fire. upon which he believes the
that the water could freeze over and if there
is sea at tina. spot at all it must be open one.
- Cushions are prohibited in the New York horse
cars by the Board of Health
Workers in beacheries where chlorine is
largely used are singularly exempt from all germ
diseases, but suffer from special ailments induced
by inhaling that gas
The French railroad companies are about TO
adopt an electric gate opener which not only
attends the gate with fidelity but vigorously rings
bell on the approach of q train
The process of drying lumber by surrounding
1t with common salt is just now attracting atten-
ton. The peculiar power of salt for extracting
moisture is well known.
- DIR. Austin Flint says that the expression "to
catch cold Is soleciSni. The old axiom, "a fever
patient never catches cold ought to become q
recognized fact in other diseases. Plenty of pure
air Is a necessity i'll every sick room.
- Stammerlng. as many sufferers have found,
may sometimes be got rid of in a simple way. A
correspondent writes Il cured myself of an
noylng habit of stammering by inhaling a deep
allowing myself to speak unless the. lungs were
fully inflated. A little careful attention soon made
the practice a habit, and now never stammer un-
less much excited"
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4 Hero OF Many Sears.


In his home in Hastings hero lies dying.
His name is Gen. Charles Powell Adams, a fa-
miliar figure in st. Paul and the State of Min
nesota, and known to fame through the mill
tary annals of the country. The Generals
case is hopeless from 13 wounds received in the
late civil war and the blood poison which
supervened after surgical operations.
Gen. Adams has had checkered experience.
He is native of Pennsylvania. Entering the
great war as a private, he rose from the ranks to
Brevet Brigadier- General, Gen. w. S. Hancock
marking his shoulders for the stars for meritOr-
ious conduct on the field at Gettysburg, where
he led charge, received six wounds in body and
limb, and was left for dead for seven days and
nights in loneliness and despair, with his
manned flesh fostering and his cries for succor
unavaling. Finally he was picked up with
sufficient vitality left to survive the shock and
to prevent the amputation of his limb, and,
after treatment, to resume the saddle and
sword, and to survive other wounds on other
fields. In addition to Gettysburg. he partici-
pated prominently in the battles of Malvern
Hill, Antetam, and, in fact about all the fierce
fights in which the Army of the Potomac was
engaged during the war
After the war the martial spirit was invoked
in successful campaign against the Sioux,
with a vast area of territory to cover
in the dead of Winter. 1t is said of the General
that he with 16 men bagged a large band of
Sioux by dashing into their camp, leaving his
command with park of artillery planted with
in range, with orders to fire upon the camp
regardless of their presence, if he failed in his
= .dasiuuc
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trary, his artillery has been making great
uproar, and he has been making believe that
he is going to attack with great vigor. He
waits quietly till he hears the roar of battle
at Dowdall's, and then issues his orders. He
says: CAS- soon as the sound of cannon gave
notice of jackson 8 attack, our troops in front
of Charlottesville were ordered to press
strongly the left, to prevent re-enforcements
being sent to the point assailed. They were
directed not to attack in force, unless favor
able opportunity should present itself These
orders were well executed, our troops adj
vancing to the enemy's intrenchments, while
several batteries played with good effect
until prevented by increasing darkness"
The Union artillery replied. The threat
ening appearance of Anderson and McLaws
prevented Hooker from sending any of the
troops westward 10 confront Jackson.
Through the night Lee made his prepara-
tions to attack Hooker, in laying new
plans to meet the changed condition of
affairs. Gen. Warren rides to Falmouth
with a message to Gen. Sedgwick to cross
the river at once and march up the Chan
cellorsville road.
You will probably" read the order, "fall
upon the rear of the forces commanded by
Gen. Lee, and, between you and the Major
General commanding, he expects to use him
up. Send word to Gen. Gibbon to take pos
session of Fredericksburg. Be sure not to
fail"
ITO be confinuedl
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Story Of a Death Certificate.
[London lEcho.l


During quarrel peasant in the province
of Novgorod was struck in the chest with an
AK, fracturing several ribs and wounding the
lungs. He was in an extremely critical con-
dtion and doctor from the nearest town,
90 miles distant, was sent for The surgeon,
as is customary in Russia, took his time and
reached his patient by the slowest stages. The
man by this time had nearly succumbed to his
injuries, and stood very little chance of recov-
cry. The doctor made an examination and
pronounced the wound as fatal. He waited
several hours, thinking that the man in the
meantime would die bat things did not turn
out as he expected, so, in order to facilitate
matters and save him the trouble of again
visiting his patient, he made out death
certificate and started home.
For some reason or other the man took it
into his head to get well, aud he began to grow
better until he recovered entirely. The au-
thorities, learning of the strange proceedings,
demanded the return Of the death certificate,
which was refused, and now the man walks
about in the full possession Of the consolation
that he is legally dead, and that his body lies
buried in the village churchyard, according
to his death certificate.
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NOVEMBER NONSENSE.

Mrs. Blinker asked Matilda, the house servant,
a few nights ago: What dreadful scratching is
that out in the kitchen? 1t must be the dog trying
to get in. never heard anything like it in my
life" OATS no dog scratching the doah. OATS
de cook writin' lub letter to her honeysuckle,
who works ober in Chatham. ."-Kinderhook Rough
Notes.
In view of the craze for roller skating corset
maker has patented corset intended to give free
dom to the hip for those taking part in this sport
To make il perfect, there should be posterior
rangement of springs to prevent coneussion of the
brain when the beginner lets go of the floor wish
her feet.
-" Yes" said the Vermont deacon, " always
go down to the camp-meeting, and always come
back feeling good. Do you see that magnificent
horse there in the field? Well, you ought to have
seen the old plug took down"
= One of the latest recipes: If you step a
dudes boot you likely to make calr5 foot Jelly.
San Francisco Post.
If you would be wealthy, get upon a mule.
You will soon find you better of.-Fdtson's
IUumindtor.
The average size of the American family Is
504. The decimal probably represents the dude,
but the stasticians have got rather large-Bosto
Transcript.
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one locomotive. over 3,l9o tons. The train was
over three-quarters of mile in length
Mr.. Wiggins. who once kicked up the meteor
illogical dust in the role of weather prophet, has
joined the Salvation Army at Hamilton, Ont, and
is going through the country calling people to
repent.
= Sam Patch, the foolhardy fellow who made a
famous leap to death, is to have a monument at
Rochester. \. Y.
- Hello there; what do you WANT" asked a
Brooklyn parrot of burglar the other night
thereupon the burglar left quick
The people of Dominica, a British island in the
West Indies, have passed resolution proposing
that the island should be annexed to the United
States. the only way in which the American
tariff can be got The whites of the island are
of French origin.
The Lord Mayor of London is n Methodist lay
preacher. and recently delivered sermon at the
opening of the Methodist Church.
"A man started to ride home from San lose. Cal.
His road lay for miles through fields of pumpkins
and squashes. The constant pumpkin panorama
finally dethroned his reason, and he reached home
maBiac. crying: See the squashes, see the
squashes!" He had to be strait -jacSeted and sent
to the asylum.
A New England company has secured 5000
acres of land in Houston County, Ga, and is NOV
ing a colony thither
-Parisians regard red flannel as a preventive
against cholera, and buying it in great quanti-
ties.
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The Smart Connecticut Boy.
boston Globe ]

One of the most humorous affairs has recently
occurred in Connecticut, yet it is scarcely prob
able that the chief actors therein appreciate
the funny part of it. In two adjoining towns
a bounty was offered for woodchucks, one town
demanding the production of the tails and the
other the cars of the prescribed animals as
proof of death. 1t appears that the boys near
the dividing lines of the two towns with ira
ditional shrewdness, were accustomed to meet
at solitary places in the woods and there ex-
change ears for tails. The authorities of the
two towns at length "tumbled to the racket"
as the gamns say, and took a novel method of
thwarting the financial schemes of the rising
generation. Both towns rescinded the vote
whereby the reward was offered for wood
chucks, leaving the farmers as well as the boys
in the lurch
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How . Taunt Originated.

New Jersey is sometimes jocularly referred
to as foreign country by persons who do not
know the origin of their little joke. After the
downfall of the first Napoleon his brother,
Joseph, who had been King of Spain, and his
nephew. Prince Murat, sought refuge in the
United States, bringing with them great wealth.
Joseph tried to induce several States to pass
an act to enable him as an alien to hold real
estate, but they all refused. Finally the New
Jersey Legislature granted to him and Prince
Murat the privilege Of purchasing land. They
bought tract at Bordentown, built magnificent
dwellings, and fried them up in royal style with
pictures, sculptures, etc. Joseph Bonaparte's s
residence was the finest in America. He was
liberal with his money and made many friends.
The Philadelphians were envious of the good
fortune of the Jerseymen in securing the two
millionaires, and tainted them with being
foreigners" and with importing the King of
Spain to rule oTer them. The taunt stuck and
is still repeated by many people who have no
idea of how it originated.
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PERSONS AND THINGS.

- The discovery of silver mine district, 90 miles
by 80, on the borders Of New South Wales and
South Australia, is the excitement of the hour In
those parts In instance mass of two tons
yielded 2000 ounces. similar discovery is also
announced in another part of New South Wales.
- a man hiss walked on the waters of the Seine.
He had each foot in small triangular box securely
fastened with straps around his legs, and in his
hands he carried long balancing pole, similar to
those used by rope dancers except that at each end
was attached large inflated bladder. When get
ting off his balance, he dipped the end of the polo.
and the resistance caused by the bladder touching
the water restored him to his equilibrium.
- A heavy wheat train pulled into Fargo by one
engine, few days ago, on the Northern Pacific
Railroad, consisted OF llo cars loaded with wheat.
a weight of $3.50, 600 pounds, while the weigh
972s 900 pounds making 6SS0. 900 pounds pulled BY
The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1884-11-27
Queer Facts About the Ballot.


What is it that sways the whole destinies of
America, that decides by an arbitrament as
high as Providence itself the policy, the history,
the destiny of the Republic? Simply some
$1,000 pounds of paper, simply some $4,000
worth of manufactured rags, transfigured by
words-baptized into new life by printer
ink. Have you ever wondered how many bal
lots went to make the grand total of an cleo
ton? What was the material part of this
entirely supra-material ceremony solemnized
throughout America to-day? Here are facts
and figures not usually appended to election
returns. The history of past elections teaches
that this vote of the Nation advances from
President to President by steps measured in
numbers by 10 per cent. The total vote of 1868
was 5724 ,654 of 1872, g. ass, ,805; of 1876, S412-
1885, of 1880, 9,210,910. Add 10 per cent. to this
last total and the estimate for the vote going
into the ballot-boxes to-day will be SIC, ,3l2 OCT,
an approximation borne out by other calcula-
tiOns, and which will be found not far out of
the result. A ballot is piece of paper averag
ing inches wide and 10l long; $50 ballots
will weigh about a pound; 250 ballots laid on
each other will measure about an inch. To
prepare these bits of paper at a reasonable
profit costs 80 cents a thousand. If the ballots
cast to-day were placed end to end they would
reach in a continuous line from Washington,
ID. c., to Ell Paso, Texas, Or they would stretch
from Eastport, Me-, to New Orleans as the
crow flies. If one end of the long line of paper
were made fast at Cape Flattery. the extreme
northwestern promontory Of Washington Ter
ritory, the other end would pass Kansas City,
with enough miles to spare to reach Sedaia.
This has to do only with the ballots actually
voted. The number of ballots printed, of
course, is tremendously larger than the amount
voted. In st. Louis, for instance, the Demo-
Gratis have had 100000, the other parties in all
100000 making for this one town total of
100000. 1t is generally admitted however,
that the vote of st. Louis will not, at the out
side, make more than $4,000. Here, then, is a
surplus of 26 ballots for each one cast. This
makes the total of ballots offered to the people
throughout America at this election 100000.
1t would require SIS freight cars to move this
load of paper, whose weight is ,716,000 pounds.
The white paper and printing of the mass have
cost $234,000 Pasted end to end there would
be paper enough to go entirely around the
globe, leaving $4,000 miles to spare for gigan-
tic double bow-knot which would cover the
greater part of the two Americas, or if one pre-
ferred to keep the string III the United States
there would be miles enough to wrap the
streamer 80 times around the State of Missouri
and still leave enough over to reach from the
Post-Dispatch building to Gov. Cleveland's pri-
vate Office in the State House at Albany.
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An Enthusiastic Citizen.
(ArkansaW 1rdreller.l

"Your house is a-fre, Colonel" said a man
approaching an acquaintance one night during
a political ratification" when the pulse o
many man was feverish.
"A ride, ole boy. Go up after while'n put
her out"
"But the roof was falling in when lef,
there"
"Thad so2 Cellar aim hurt yit, reckon
Hoorah"
Nearly all of your furniture is destroyed
"Thad fact? Saved the well, didn' they
Albright. Hoorah!"
The American is an enthusiastic citizen.
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Not Acquainted With Cashiers
(Tsras !sifinosl


"Pa, I read in the paper that another bank
had closed its doors. What does that meanf"
asked an Austin boy of his father.
''It means, my son, that the cashier has run
off with all the money"
"But if they close the DOORS and the cashier
returned and wanted to put the money back
where he got it, he couldn't get in, could he,
pa?"
"My child, I did not think it was possible
for boy of your size to know SO little about
cashiers"