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The Criminal Calendar.

The Criminal Calendar.
Bankrupt Banker squier Of Washington cut
Rev. T. J. Powell, a Baptist minister OF
Orangeville, Ohio, has lost his pastoral connec-
ton by drunkenness and lying.
Tate Mahaney, proprietor of the Three States
boarding house, Cairo, H., after looking him
self in his room, shot himself. He had large
family. Cause unknown.
At Cincinnati, Benjamin johnson, (colored)
was hanged for completely with Allen ingalls,
in the murder of Beverly Taylor and wife and
child near Avonaale last February.
Cymon D. Miner of Bridgewater, Conn, and
dealer in elastic goods in New York, killed
himself in the United States hotel in the latter
city. Cause business embarrassment
Burglars entered the drug store of Dr. Edwin
Ellis of Ashland, Wis.,, and succeeded in blow
ing open his safe. They obtained for their
trouble $15, all of the money in the safe.
John Washer, prominent banker of Corpus
Christ Christi Tex shielded by shootng through the
though he was reputed one of the wealthiest
men of Texas.
D. F. Ashton was arrested at Boone, Iowa,
for showing counterfeit silver dollars, and $50
of bogus money and the dies for making more
were found on him. He was transferred to the
United States authorities at Des Moines
Alonzo Mueller of Toledo found his wife re-
Gently in bagnio in Cleveland, and threw in
her face about an ounce of vitriol It was at
first thought both her eyes were destroyed,
but her physician now hopes to save them.
Her face was badly burned Mueller was ar
rested
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18
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I The following is an abstract Of the address
Of Grand Sire Leech, Of the sovereign grand
lodgs of Odd Fellows, delivered at the
session in Minneapolis, Mimi, on the 18th inst
ITO the Sovereign Grand Lodge of the In
dependent Order Of Odd Fellows represent
atives:; ONCE more Iigreet you, as you gather
In these seats, to enter upon the work of an
other annual session Let us reverently thank
our Almighty Father for the great privilege
granted to so many of us, as we assemble
here this morning Congratulate you that
your are holding the sixteenth annual
communication In this great North Star
state, and one Of the eight states in that Sec
ton of our land which. contains nearly one
quarter of the membership of the order Let
us see the roll-lndiana, Illinois, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, :, Nebraska.
Dakota. It is a proud day for the 124, 900
Odd Fellows of the stregion of our beloved
country. In their name and in their behalf
II greet you all As required by the
constitution, 1 have the honor and take great
pleasure in submitting to you my report of
the official acts and decisions, and the gen
eral condition of the order for the year.
During the year there have been instituted
four grand lodges, two grand encampments,
1s9 subordinate lodges and forty two sub
ordinate encampments New territory has
been invaded and occupied, and our field
of labor largely increased. While we
have not initiated 50 large number Of
members as in the previous year, yet our
growth is healthy one. We now number
nearly SOC, 900, and taking all things into
consideration the prospects of the order were
never more flattering than at the present
time. Returns show the following. figures,
the increase being given in the last figures:
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18
Freaks ofsleepless Hem;

A well-known physician Of New York
City; who has had vast experience
treating patients suffering from in
somnia; tells Sun reporter some of
the various eccentricities and whimsical
fancies of men and women who suffer
from wakefulness which would be
amusing if they were not SO dangerous
to the victim and SO disconraging to the
doctor: He says:
''There are many persons who can
not sleep on the left side, others who
must have their head point to some pet
quarter Of the compass, patients who
demand noise, like the ticking of a
clock, and others who require perfect
silence to enable them to fall asleep
What, for instance, do you think of
woman who can not, or will not, sleep
in room carpeted with anything ex-
cept straw mating, and who can not
sleep in the same room more th&R ten
consecutive nights? I am assured
and believe that she has faith
fully tried, again and again, to exceed
this ten-night limit; that the eleventh
night is invariably sleepless, the twelfth
excited, hysterical perhaps, the next
worse, and so on, until, on two occa-
sions when I have been called, can
assure you that her condition was too
critical to admit of suspicion of NAL
lingering"
care women more subject to it than
men!"
"Not in my experience; nor is it con-
fined to the physically or mentally weak
among men. A well-known athlete has
assured me that, after training for some
important event, he used often to be
thrown out of condition by sleepless-
ness for several nights preceding the
trial of strength, until he discovered that
he could always sleep if the closet door
in mis- chamber were set wide open.
Even now, in travelling, if he occupies
a room without closet he is certain to
lose his nights sleep"
"A grave and self contained judge"
continued the physician, "every night
ties black thread tightly around the
big toe of his left foot-the right won't
do at all-and, with judicial gravity.
claims this as certain cure for what
he used to call his night fits;' while a
classmate of mine at college, now an
eminent and able clergyman, once con-
fded to me with much self-reproach
and perturbation of mind that whenev-
er he had an attack of sleeplessness he
became at once possessed of an irresist
able temptation to say damn, and that
cabalistic word once uttered, his unrest
vanished and sleep came at once.
Think said he to me solemnly, but
with twinkle in his eye, of a minister
of the gospel becoming irresponsibly
profane for want of something to put
him to sleep, when he has desk full
of old sermons in the house,
''Irresponsibly profane?" we repeat
ed.
"Quite so. Maudsley declared insom
MIA to be frequent cause of insanity,
and am inclined to regard it as one
of the most obscure Of mental diseases"
"And the cure?"
well, there is grim humor about
giving restless man the active prin-
ciple of hops to put them to sleep, but,
as for permanent cure the most salts
factory cures are those queer fancies of
the patients themselves. They may be
absurd and irration nal, but they are
lasting, and taste better than most
medicines"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18

New York has added 10000, 900 gal,
Ions of water day to the Croton sup.
ply of SO, 100000. This extra supply
comes from lake that Is fed exclusively
by springs, and is turned into the Gro.
ton pipes after it reaches the city. Owe,
fifty gallons a day to each inhabitant
would seem to be more than ample, as
it is, but the largest portion is used fol
public purposes, and waste, which is
immense.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18
He Blew a Bullet From His Nose,

The Jersey City Evening Journal
published lately an interesting story
about one of it's CARR ers. Bushrod
Vaughn, now living in Greenville. At
the outbreak of the rebellion Mr..
Vaughn belonged to Company D, list
N. Y. s. Mo. In the first battle of
Bull Run he received a bullet wound
below theleft eye, and was left sense
less on the field. He was taken prison.
or and was confined in Libby Prison at
Tuscaloosa, Ala, the whole period OF
imprisonment being twonty- two months.
The bullet still remained in his head.
No effort was ever made to remove it.
A few days ago, while at work on his
hands and knees in his coal-bin, his
right nasal cavity became obstructed,
as he supposed, by particle of coal.
He closed the left nostril and blowing
hard several times was delighted to
find in his handkerchief the bullet which
he had carried in his head for more
than twenty three years. A collector
of curiosities offered him $3.50 for it,
but he refused the offer.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18

New York aldermen gave away the
franchise of the Broadway surface rail.
road for no consideration whatever to
the city, though it is suspected that the
aldermen were benefited to the sum
OF $780, 900, and it is stated that parties
were anxious to pay the city over mil
lion. Of course, there is great indig
nation, but the horse is stolen.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18

TIE RlTH q n
Wa1h1neton 1eWs.

TO-.
The president has not decided whom to make
secretary Of the treasury, but the probabilities
are that his choice will fall either upon Judge
Gresham or Assistant Secretary Coon.
Daily postal bulletin: Postohioes established
Dakota, Roop, Emmons county. Minnesota,
Lindsay, Polk county. Postofice Name chang
Minnesota -Mantee, Hubbard county, to
Hubbard Postonices Discontinued Wiscon-
Sin. Lakeville, Chippewa county, mail to Cart
By direction of the president, general court
martial has been appointed to meet At San An
tonic, Tex, Oct 8, for the trial Of Capt Hen
messy, Of tho Eighth cavalry, on charge Of
conduct unbecoming an officer, and gentleman
The charges have not been promulgated 1t is
charges made by the officers wife, and is an
outcome Of recent divorce proceedings insti-
tuted by himself.
val academy Thomas Kieruln, Iowa, was re-
jected because he lacked one and one-eighth
inches Of the required height-fve feet Mr.
Hamilton OF New Jersey was rejected because
rejected because one leg was an inch longer
than the other. The latter candidate never
knew his legs were odds until the naval board
measured them.
The acting commissioner of pensions has ad-
dressed letter to the officers of the Associa-
ton Of the Army Of the Cumberland, asking
that they furnish to the pension Office the
names and postofice address of every officer
and enlisted man attending the annual reunion
this year who is not a member Of the G. A. R.
This is in accordance with the plan adopted by
the pension Office, to complete as far as may
be roster of surviving soldiers Of the REBEL
ion, which will aid applicants in obtaining
The Office has already roster of over three
hundred thousand ex-oficers and soldiers and
expects to increase the list two hundred
thousand more
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18
Law IN Russia,

The courts-martial in Russia have
little mercy for persons of an inquiring
turn of mind. Two years ago there re-
sided in a. village in the province of
Kieff boy of II, who earned his living
as blacksmith's apprentice. The boy
could read bit, and was DESTROYS of
adding to his store of knowledge, but
in this he was met by the difficulty
that no books of any kind existed in the
place.
The lad had still the hunger for
books strong upon him, when a gentle
man passing through the village made
him present of "Story of French
Peasant" It is true that the work had
not stamped on the final page the i'm;
primature of the censor, but how was a
raw country boy to know of the techni-
cal requirements of the Russian press
law buried as he was in the corn fields
of Kieff?
The fame of this curious book rapid
~ spread about the village, and the in:
terest the narrative excited was such
that the peasants came to hear young
Lutchinsky read the ''Story" to them,
when one day some gendarmes entered
the village in search of suspected Mini
lists and pounced upon the prohibited
volume.
The unfortunate owner was arrested
at once and taken to the prison at Kieff,
where he remained in confinement near
ly two years. !. A few weeks ago court
martial assembled at Kieff to try num-
Der of revolutionary cases, and Lut-
thinsky's was included among them.
The proceedings disclosed that the gen.
serous gentleman was Stenfenovitch, q
noted Nihilst, who had been travelling
As q propagandist when he passed the
smithy and saw the boy: = =,
!. The Colonies composing the court
martial examined the peasants who had
listened t., the reading of the book, to
see whether the liberal principles pro-
pounded by the "Story of French
Peasant" had left any traces on their
minds, but oil they could get from The
witness was the narrative itself. As
Lutchinsky's advocate put it.: "The ig-1
norant peasants cared nothing for the
moral drift of the books; all they.
thought of was the strangeness OF the
story" This, however had no: weight
with the colonies, and the lad was sen-
fenced to be exiled to Siberia for life.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18

Setting apart differences of masculine
capacity and adaptation, man, says
Mr.. Richard A. Proctor, in order to fly
would need wings bearing the same
proportion to his body as we observe in
the wings of the sparrow or the pigeon.
In fact, the wings commonly assigned
to angels by sculptors and painters
would not be SO disproporti oned to
the requirements of fight as has been
commonly supposed, if only the muscu.
lar power of the human frame were we'll
adapted to act upon wings so placed and
shaped, and there was no actual inferi-
GRITTY in the power at human muscles
(cross section for cross section) as COM
pared with those Of birds.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18
The medical authorities at Washing

The medical authorities at Washing
ton have concluded that neither yellow
fever nor cholera is likely to visit us
this year. This is good news for the
present, but such has been the hold Sc
cured in Europe by the cholera that it
is almost certain we shall see that un-
welcome visitor here by next spring.
Meantime there is time to prepare. All
cities will be cleaned up, and it behooves
people in the country to look out for
privies, cesspools, drains, and every
thing else that may pollute the atmos-
phere. Study and experience demon
strate the necessity of good sanitation
for tho prevention of epidemics and
for the general health, both in city and
country. e-t ...-
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18

The late Senator Anthony of Rhode
Island, took his seat in the Senate of
the United States on the 5th of Deem
Der 1859. OF the men who sat in the
Senate with Mr., Anthony that day not
one is member of that body now, and
very few are still living. Public life
in this country is comparatively short.
A seatin the senate, the summit with
few exceptions, of political ambition, is
rarely held more than twelve years, the
limit of two terms.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18
The Great Wisconsin Flood.


The Chippewa and other Wisconsin rivers
were on great rampage last week. A dis
patch from Chippewa Falls says: Wednesday
night was one of horror here in the city, the
water raising rapidly up too o'clock this morn.
street, and many of the firms removed their
goods. There was two feet of water in the
postofice. The Little Falls and Paint Greek
dams are out There were about two hundred
million feet of logs in the Little Falls dam, ana
from twenty to fifty million in Paint creek.
T aod rise is n" thirty fee seh? var biggest
out little after midnight carrying
the wagon bridge with them. All the
bridges at Eau Claire are gone except the Oma;
ha railroad bridge. The bank on the south
side, opposite the central depot, is cut into
$50 feet, carrying away the Omaha roadbed:
The iron was removed from the track in anti.
cipation of the break
Fifteen buildings were carried down from
the city side and upward of twenty from the
South side. The loss is not less than 81, OOO,
ooo The Omaha bridge is the only one left
standing Over fifty business places are inun-
dated. The bridges throughout the country
have almost without an exception been carried
away, which will have tendency to depress
trade for some time to come
A special from Eau Claire says: At daylight
thursday morning inc CnlppeWa showed dt the
water gauge twenty one feet, covering an i'm
mense territory. The night was one Of wild
excitement throughout the city, dark with pros
poets Of additional rain About four o'clock
the west half of the Madison street bridge gave
away, the monster tmbers floating down the
river: When the new docking just placed al
the mouth of the Chippewa suddenly gave way
this with the force of the structure carried away
the railway, as we'll as the Kelsey street bridge.
The crash could be heard for miles, AS soon
as this occurred the bell from the engine
houses gave a general alaxm, and soon more
than half the population was astir: On the
course till they came in contact with the rail-
way bridge which was demolished by the col
occurred in this section, not only in the guam
tity, Of water, but the loss sustained. At mid
ze1s are feeling better, but exceedingly regret
the loss Of the three bridges: The entire losa
to the city by the food is placed at $500, 600.
The loss to the Milwaukee Il St Paul Railway
company by, washouts and loss Of bridge il
800, ZOO, and the loss by the destruction Of
private and public property in the Chippewa
valley is $4,000.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18
Record OF Casualtaea.


Perry Valley, Iowa, had little taste Of cy.
| clone Tuesday night
E. J. Salt & Co. g wooden mill at Portsmouth
Ohio, burned. Loss $50, 900; fully insured
The factory of the Eagle Furniture Works,
Baltimore, was burned recently. Loss, $500,
600.
A block Of stores at Midland, Ont, extending
from Queens hotel to Dominion avenue war
burned Loss, $50, 1000; partly insured.
A son Of Rev Clinton Locke, of Chicago
dropped lighted cigar into key of gunpow-
DEF and almost wrecked the rectory, but him
self escaped with eyebrows somewhat scorched
At East Liverpool, Ohio, walker.& Co. g fire
brick works, together with several small out
houses, six Cleveland g. Pittsburg railroad
freight cars and numerous telegraph poles
were destroyed by fire. Loss, $25,0O0
At the coroner's Office, Tuesday morning
between and -, there were reported twenty
five sudden deaths, many Of which were di-
number Of cases Of prostration Thursday was
eighteen, and in Brooklyn fourteen, three be-
ing fatal.
the crew of the bark Anita Owen from yellow
fever have seldom been equaled Capt Muir
ply sailed from Santiago de Cuba for New York
with crew Of five men. OF the captain and
two mates and his wife, and man named Con-
way, who was sick with the fever when the YES
sci started, but begged to be taken on board,
Conway is the only man of the crew alive the
rest having died of the fever on the passage
The captain and mate suffered terribly from
the disease, but managed to navigate the YES
sci, and reach New York on Wednesday last.
Additional reports from Wisconsin cyclone
territory show that while not conveying an ex-
tended area, the storm was decidedly thorough
as regards destructiveness. Clear Lake sui
forcd to the extent of $3.50, 900. From Marine
to Clear Lake the track of the storm was from
eight to fifteen miles wide and the loss very
heavy The damage to timber alone in that
section is placed at II 100000, and to farm
Some estimates place the total loss as high as
81, DOC, COO Considering the violence Of the
storm. the loss of life was surprisingly small
Mitchell, Oak, Special: Fire last night,
by which several of the best business build
ings of the city were laid in ruins, is q serious
blow to Mitchell The work of rebuilding will
commence at once. Letcher l. Co.'s loss is
$35, 600, insurance $4,000; M. II. Rowley,
who owned the building occupied by L. s.
Shauer & Co., lost $6, 900; insured for 81, 600;
the stock was valued at &13, 900 and was in
sured for about one-third; l. o. Gale andP. T.
McGovern lost about $25OOO each, and were
insured for about half; q photograph gallery
and q law Office on the second floor of the
Rowley building were total loss. It was
only by the utmost exertons on the part OF
the firemen and citizens that the fire WAS pre-
vented from spreading to other buildings.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18
Railroad and River News.

The Wisconsin Minnesota l. Pacific filed a
first mortgage Of 81, 32O, 900, the money to be
used for an extension from Waterville to Gay
lord
David Swan, who until recently, was the
cashier Of the Northern Pacific Railroad COM
pany, in its Office in St Paul, is charged it'll
having embezzeled $21, 2460S The company
has begun in the supreme court in New York,
suit against Swan to recover tho money, and
its attorney Mr.. Gray, has obtained from
Judge Donohue an attachment against what
ever property he may be found to have in this
state Robert L Belknap, the treasurer of the
company, made the affidavit upon which the
attachment was granted He charges that on
Feb, q last Swan appropriated 5000 belong
ing to the company to his own use; that on
Feb. 26 he appropriated 81, 600; on Feb. ~ $2,-
600; Feb. 10, 50, TAG. 0s, and on June q, $500
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18
The International Park.

The Niagara international Park
commissioners have completed anoth.
er section of their work, and will
shortly able to report the probable
cost of the several properties to
be included in the park, on the New
York side. They have just devot-
ed twenty days to the taking of testi-
mony on which the appraisers base their
valuations. The principal times are
these: Goat Island, containing about
eighty acres, 81, OO0, 900; Prospect Park,
about fourteen acres, 81 ,000, 900; Catar-
act House, lands, ETC., 1877 900; Hill &
Murray, $3.50, 600; Thomas Tugby.
$108, 600; while the, gross value of the
lands 9 equired is expected to amount up
to 3,500, 900. 1t appears from the ev-
idence that Goa: Island during the
past ten years has yielded an annual
revenue of about $15, 600, and Prospect
Park, during the same period, $1s, 900.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1884-09-18
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Harrigan & R5nklin, tailora, $500; D. F. Dun:
dan. .iewaler, $500; Mrs. sstsppler. restaurant;
60 lossygCi VI chapPell KszIsT 1Co. Rich.
;fdsoa go xMoSs Pq1.sa 4 Pottss
G. W.Robaxtson.. wholesale liquors; $1,000;
harm 1850. Hinricks y Hartman.s Sugars and
tobacco: 800 We'll & steenluck. saloon; 5000
ments & Lytle, livery: $3.50 E. NJ. Fish & Co..
ter; dwelling; $500 NJ: Owen. $500 S,1 3.
London Tea company, $500. g; G. Brooks,
hardware. $500. Williams 4 Williams, furni-
tTre; 5000: G: B. W al% printer; $500.
dry goods; $4OO. n S. Stein. clothing; $500:
Sam Ellis, livery stable: $4OO. Matthias Kneer,
Thirty or forty residences on South River
street had their rear fences next to the river
carried away and their yards filled with
debris,s which causes damages approximat-
ing $3.50 each. Some Of the brick, blocks
show signs of settling some as the water re-
cedes, but it is hoped they will not be
rendered unstable. From Main to Kelsey
street, along Barstow, stocks in cellars are
reasons for changing estimates made in SUM-
days PIONEER Press, that the total losses are
not over ST. 600 900,
THE M1LwAUKEB's LOSSES.
MILWAUKEE, Special Telegram, Sept. IA.
General superintendent Clark, of the St. Paul
road, has not yet returned from the scene OF
the Chippewa river floods. where he went on
Friday. He is personally overseeing the
work of repair going on there
NO DAMAGE AT DURAND.
DURANn, Wis, Special, Sept. IA. - This
place is all right this evening. The water
reached q point two feet above the high
water of 1850, but there was no damage ex-
cept to cellars The bridge across the
Chippewa is all right Beef Slough boom
and the mills below will round up all logs
that come down.