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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
Casualties Of tho week.

Henry Weiben, q Milwaukee tinsrnith, fel
four stories and was killed
Fire In John Roach's shipyard, Chester. Pa,
did $4,000 worth OF damage
John Poach'a ship yard at Chester, Pa, spf-
fcrsd loss OF s6o,co0by FIRE
The town OF LAporte, Gala, with the except
Of two buildings, was completely destroyed by
fire. Loss, sen,O00
Two Italians in Buffalo while examining a re-
volyer In a curiosity shop, George W. Morrison
accidently discharged IL and Morrison was
shot dead.
Burt Holland, president OF the Missouri Stem
ographie association, and an oldSt Louis court
reporter, was killed Wednesday at Milford,
Iowa, by the accidental discharge OF a rife ia
the hands OF his son, fourteen years old.
The cause OF the burning OF the machine
shops Of tho Baldwin Locomotive works
Philadelphia, was a lightning stroke. Alarge
amount OF unfinished work was destroyed, and
much valuable machinery. Tho loss Is esti-
mated 81 $500,o0 which Is believed 10 be
covered by insurance.
William Plat, a young man employed at the
railraad shops at Hudson, Wis, was instantly
killed while attempting to tx a loose pulley
His K was crushed by tho revolving wheel
and The body thrown about twenty feet from
the shafting 70 the floor. The remains were
taken to Adrian, Mich, whore his parents live
Mr.. and Mrs. Dixon, their children, and
= man named Gluff, while crossing the Read
ing track at canner station, Pa, in a carriage,
were struck by a locomotive. Mr.. and Mrs.
Dixon, one child and Cluf were instantly
KILLED The horses were cut 10 pieces. Tho
FAINT Escaped. The party was returning from
a funeral.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
Crops of Dakota.

James Boynes, statistical agent Of Dakota,
has prepared his report on crops, and sent Il
TO Washington. The following is a synopsis:
Wheat harvest in South Dakota is well under
way, and while farmers are s~training the capac-
iy of ~selfbinders, they are yet unable to CON-
plete work before past ripe grain wastes by
scattering. Wheat will DO in shock in a few
days. Stacking has already commenced The
yield will evidently be better, but not so great
proporuonately, per acre; but only threshing
VIII determine the exact status OF the Weld IN
North Dakota harvest is just commencing in
some localities, while in others IL will not be-
gin FOR a week. SOM fields will make tx
bushels per acre, but the most only Is 10 IL
The only great danger is the ruthless polling
OF nalistones. Grant county reports the prev
y reports some blighted wheat. The acreage
q placed at 100000 acres, and promises
about l6 bushels TO The acre, which * eauiya'
lent TO gls5OO,0Oo bushels of a better quality az
grain than last year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
Sacred Music.

Musical Opinion. "Desist, ex-
claimed an indignant mother to her son
when Sunday afternoon she could
hear sounds issuing from the piano in
her drawing-room which were not quite
compatible with her Sabbatarian ideas
of Sacred music. "desist, you know what
an aversion / have to that kind Of music
being played or Sundays" "But, NAM
ma dear answered the son, "the piece
is called The March % the Jewish
Priests" "Ohl very WE'LL replied the
mater. "if it is anything to do with
priests it must be sacred so pray con
tinue.p This reminds us how, some few
years ago, we were weather bound at a
small house in the country near-Fayer-
sham. Time: Sunday Evenings wet
one. "Oh, / should like you TO hear my
little daughter play" MA, dear. what
shall / play? / don't know any sacred
pieces" After a short aside between
mother and daughter, o well-worn
fHamilton's Piano Tutor was produced,
and the ''Maiden's Prayer was accept
ed as sacred" by cGr worthy hostess.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
aeneral News Items.

Cincinnati's tax levy for 1885 is 1864 mills.
to raise . tax OF s2,S00,Hm
W. I. Baker, Chicago, has bought the Yacht
Rival, of New York, for $4,000
A sixteen-yoar-old girl hanged herself at Du-
huque She had been seduced
The depression in the iron business in Pitts
burg is said to be greater now than for a num-
Der OF years.
'old Kickapoo," an historical cannon from
Kansas, was sold in Chicago for old brass, hut
has been purchased by the Kansas Historical
society for si12
Lieut. James O. Mackey, Third cavalry, has
been sentenced 10 confinement 10 The limits OF
Fort Leavmworth fOr visiting the officers mesa
room and whipping Lieut. fuller's servant
The National Dental association, which has
been In session At Saratoga, elected as presi-
dent George II. cashington Of Chicago. and
ing.
Holmes, Lanerty a Co., tho oldest and one
OF the iargest firms dealing in live stock In
Pittsburg made an individual and Arm assign.
ment Liabilities about $4,000 with assets
equal
sareh ID. Harrison Of New York, has sued
Mrs. Frederick W. waring, the widow of vii.
Z liam Il Waring, an architect. LAYING damages
at $4,000 for alternating the affections OF her
husband .
Chicago. sp~ocial:-Senator Sabin reports
the progress OF his business affairs in tho re-
comfy embarrassed enterprise az saltwater 10
he of a favorable character. The manufae-
tory continues producing for a ready market.
and the prospect Of fall collections from tho
grangers il good The creditors OF the
CONCERN win be satisfied dollar for dollar,
with interest
The quiet village Of Huntington, ON the
north shore Of Long Island, is very much OK
cited over a fight in it, principal street betweca
q millionaire resident OF a ~neighboring town
and TIE editor OF = weekly newspaper pub
lshed IN Huntington The cnmbatants were
Or. Oliver III Jones OF Cold Springs, and a Mr..
shepard DIR. JONES had the best OF the fQht. |
though both men At the elose were yery much
the worse for ID The dispute arose from An |
article In Editor shepard's paper, severely crit |
icising Jones in regard 70 a Law cult about |
some gravel lands in which tho doctor is inter. |
ested
Brigham Young, Jr. says in a recent inter- |
view on last Mondays election in Utah: |
Though ! an di~sfranchisod, yet / have sons
and daughters who many timeso over win make
good my vote. Although la,ooo are disrran-
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
Impor.an. . are. oa,sar. cl..man...

~ IN.
Hon. H. d Strait Of s~hakopee, MINI, mem
Der Of Congress, has received from l. Harf!
son, acting commissioner Of the United States
land office Mt Washington, the following coma
munication regarding cxtentions TO tree claim.
ants.
am in receipt by reference from you, Of a
letter from Mr.. @ b Tyler, register at Tracy,
MINI, dated July II, asking that an extention
OF tlme DO granted 10 certain ir~nber-culture
claimants because "of q new enemy OF tree
culture that has made its appearance in this
locality for the first time, and which is destroy
ing young trees-particularly cottonwood and
ash by the thousand In reply I have 10 state.
that the amandatory acto OF Juue IA, 1878. pro
udes for an extenton OF time, when the "trees.
seeds or cuttings shall be destroyed by grass
hoppers or by extreme and unusual drouth. .
This act ropoais all acts and parts OF acts in con-
fiict shorowith. The act OF May ~, tS16, provides
that whore the seeds, nuts or cuttingsare prop
eriy ahd well planted, the ground properly pre-
pared and cultivated and they fan 10 grow or
shall be destroyed by gr~asshoppers or othor in
eyitable accident, that the ground shall bo re.
planted or tho vacancies hlled within one year
from the first planting IL fus.hcr prS...fss
That parties claiming the benefit OF the pro-
vtsions OF this act shall prove, by two good and
credible witnesses, that the ground was proper
~ prepared and planted in such seeds, nuts or
cuttings, and were - destroyed by insyetable
accident such year This Office holds that this
portion OF tho act ofMay -, 1915, does not con-
tict with that OF June IA, 1873, and is there
fore sui IN force, and parties desiring relief
hereunder shall make application tc tie prom
er local ONCE foran extension Of time, as aboy
provided.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14


Somebody once accounted for the ex-
cesses Of the French Revolution on the
ground that the nation had become IN.
sane, arguing that people may go mad in
masses az wen IS individually. This idea
appears TO find confirmation in France
now, in the ceseof the prejudice against
doctors in the chrlcra araissen districts.
The explanation Of the prejudice is that
a pamphlet written by q German, and
containing the assertion that sholefa is
natures raeans Of Kidding the earth Of
surplus population, and especially Of
that part not fitted for the struggle OF
existence, has been widely circulated 10
France. and that the people think the
siows OF the government accord with
those OF the German writer. The doc
tors are looked upon IS the agents of
the government, and their object to n
courage instead Of suppress the disease.
A good many follies may ba attributed
10 simple ignorance under the ~iniuerce
Of fear, but this folly is so extreme ~
10 lead to the suggestion that ii ema-
mated from and is believed in only by
persons who are insane.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

During the late e-ncampmentof the Minnesota
militia, Col Gaines Lawson, Tysenty-fifthinfan
Try and stationed at Fort Smelling, was detailed
to inspect the W regiments in camp. Thurs
day he sentin his report to Gov. Hubbard, and
speaks highly therein Of the eneampments, but
gives q little advice 10 officers and men. The re-
port says, in substance, that at winona, whore
the Second regiment encamped, the attendance
was good with companies from abroad, whilo
those located nearer the camp were not repre-
seated az well as they should have been The
same criticism on attendance il made OF the
First. regiment camp at Lake Calhoun. The
First Is particularly complmented on its bat
TALON diflls and EXCELLENT rifle p~G%ntice. The
report suggests that inspections OF rms should
be more frequently made by company comman-
ders and that the old calibfe, IS, should be re-
placed by the new safety notch, 45 The re-
port recommend physical examination OF appli-
eants for enlisting as citizen soldiers. Other
states have blanks for muster, pay rolls, SER
geants, morning reports, guard reports, and
particularly q blank for all commanders TO I'LL
giving q semi-annual account OF all state pro.
priety In their charge. Col. Lawson recon
niends the adoption OF such blanks. IL was
further recommended that each regiment DO al.
lowed an Instructor OF musketry who sisall
DO an inspector of rife practice.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
Personal News Notes.

Thomas Dickson, the Delaware 4 Hufson
canal president. left s7,0oo00A
John Kelly's residence Is one Of the finest in
New YORK, ard Is valued at 100000
Vanderbilt, admits that he il worth s194. 900.
w. and has an income Of s~i2,ooo,ooo a year.
Ex-Gov, Cornell otNew York Is worth So
oo0,tco, mostly made oat Of Western Onion
Mrs. Eidridge Of pittstown, n. Y, has lived
five weeks on lemons and milk, 10 rid herself
Of bad blood.
Justice Miller sat on the Bench AZ Victoria D
C., the other day by courtesy Of the English
Judge Justice Miller and his party are 0 in
Alaska
Gov. Albeit Of New Jersey, while bathing at
Long Branch, rescued a young lady from
drowning, when she had gone down for the
second time.
John ". Mackay, In San Francisco, denies the
truth of the statement from Naples OF the en-
gageInent OF his daughter Eva TO q member Of
the Collona family.
Next Wednesday William Henry Hubert,
viii be married to Miss Kittie Tracy, daughter
Of the late Mr. william Tracy OF New York.
The wedding viii occur IN Yorkshire, Eng, az
THO residence Of Mrs. Beckett Dennison, a re-
latiye of the bride. After a honeymoon at
Rome MI, and Mrs Hubert will make their
permanent home In England.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
How Preacher Harrisons Was Con-
verified
Chicago Address.

~~Abo <NeN4tcnes Hs hw ~ F.HH Il.
My conversion vas owing to 4 moth
er's prayers, q mothers doctrine, and a
mothers love. When the shadows OF
death shall darken my eyes, when the
spirit is ready to depart, / shall turn
and bless my mother for my salvation.
One New Years v my mother went tol
matchmaking. told her Ididnt care
to go. But about fifteen minutes be-
fore the old year was transformed into
the new, / PASSED that church and
heard them singing. Then / heard a
voice deeper than that Of father, more
engaging than that of mother, Che voice
that had been speaking to me for three
years, and after that for fourteen wears
that voice said. Nov or neyer'p IL
l had turned o deaf ear that time /
would have grieved the spirit. / hesi-
tated, argued and debated, and said to
the spirit 81 can't kneel in the snow
but the spirit still said. ssNow or new
err" i still rebelled, but as the bells
were ringing in the new year / cried
nowi i got right down into the snow
before that church. My fears depart
ed A now light came, and the Lord
came IN. / received two blessings
The blessing Of faith and the blessing of
power.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
George Sand and the Woman Ques.
tion.
From Recently Published Letters

from recently Published Letters
II think as you do, on the part
which reason and nature impose on
womsn. The women who pretend that
they would have time to be deputie,
and to edu cate their children have not
educated them themselves; other wise
they would know hat it was impossi-
Bile. Many excellent women, good
mothers besides, are obliged, for the
sake Of their work to confide their lit
tie ones to strangers; but this is a vice
of o social state which at every moment
misapprehends and contradicts nature.
A woman may be well at a given time,
by a sort of inspiration, fill q social and
political part; but she cannot perma-
nently except a function which depriyes
her OF her natural mission, which is do
mestie love. People have often said
that | am backward in niy idea of prog
ress, and it is quite true that in the
matter of progress and imagination can
admit everything; but win the heart
ever change? i do not think so. / see
women forever the slave of their own
heart. l have often written this, and I
persist in thinking il.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
At q Chicago Hotel

chicago inter Ocean
And now, how many people did
You take care OFF," asked the reporter
OF the manager OF the Palmer House.
"We slept for two nights over 2,018
people each night, and i haveno doubt
we fed over 5000 people each day"
Now, for the bar, Mr.. Howe, the
broad and bountiful and thirsty bar"
well, beginning with Sunday, we
took in at the bar over 81 600 daily"
"Whew! Well, how ioes that COM
pare with the bar receipts during the
Republican Convention? Do the
Bourbons drink unusually early and
often?"
well, as a fact, the Republicans
drank more wine and the Democrats
more straight stuff over the bar. Ono
day during the Republican Conven-
ton the receipts were 1,400. But
patronage of the bar depended much
upon the sessions Of the Convention.
If one occurred in the evening, for in
stance, 1t knocked the bottom quite
out Of the bar business
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

The season Of 1884 thus far proved a
comparatively Improbable one for the
watering place hotels. and also for the
Lrst-class hotels in many cities, owing
IN part TO the unusually cold weather
Of July, but also in part to an appar-
eat disposition in the public to be less
lavish Of expenditure than formerly.
There Is a growing demand for simpler
and 0 homelike hot Is, says an East
crn paper, With quiet accommodations
and unostentatious service Of the "good
old days" style. The quiet and home
like hotels are said to be making the
most money and rapidly increasing in
number, indicating a growing change
for the better in the habits Of the Amer
ioal people.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14


Alabama leads off in the elections of
1854, choosing state officers and q legis-
lature. Arkansas win hold a similar
election on Monday, September /, and
Vermont the nezt day. Maine viii elect
q governor. a legislature and congress-
men, and vote upon a proposed prohib-
tory amendment to its constitution, on
Monday. September 8. Georgia will
hold a state election on October /, and
Ohio and West Virginia on the 18th Of
the same month. Thus preliminary con-
tests win occur ia seven states, but pub
lie interest viii chiefly be attracted
ward those in Maine and Ohio. and in
each case tho campaign will be extreme.
IL vigorous.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

The gold Of che United States treas.
nry is at present quito low. The
amount not covered by outstanding cor
ti6cates is now but . little over sl19,-
DOC, 900, while it has been decreasing
steadily since July /, and is now be-
tween ga, 100000 to s15, ooo, 900 less
than al the beginning Of the month.
The decrease is due to heavy payments
made for the redemption Of bonds.
The fact also that tho New York sub
treasury can only by agreement pay in
gold or gold certificates 10 the clearing
house tends TO q constant drain upon
the Treasury for gold.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

Chief Justice Daley Of New York.
president Of the Geographical Society,
writing TO tho New York Herald, ex-
presses disbelief in the existence of the
open polar sea so earnestly advocated
by Lieutenant Maury, DIR. Kane and
pr. Hayes, for the general reason that
me ce-bound condition Of the portios
Of the Arctic that is known TO us should
be assumed 70 continue in a still greater
degree to the pole. as the nearer we APP
proach it the further we are removed
from the influence of the sun. The idea
OF an open polar sea originated In the
imaginary representation upon old
maps Of the early part Of the sixteenth
century Of such asea at the north pole,
with four rivers corresponding 10 the
cardinal points flowing from il, and a
statement made during the same CEN
tury by u Moxen, an English hydro
grapher, that he had met a sailor IN q
tayen at Amsterdam who had seer this
sea and sailed upon it. Still Judge
Daley advocates continuous scientific
observations around the polar basin,
extending as far inward or toward the
pole as favorable opportunities offer;
for we shall never accurately know the
laws Of aerial and oceanic currents I'M
less we know more than we do nov
about whst takes place in the Arctic
circle, and this will not be abandoned.
Notwithstanding the calamity that has
besailen the prvsval expedition.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
Scene in Court.

A sorrowful commentary on the
words in Proverbs, "A foolish son is
the heayiness of his mother" vas wit
messed not very long since in q Phila-
delphia courtroom. A reporter from
the Pacific coast, who was present, sent
the following account Of it to the San
Francisco Bulletin VIM. Moore and
VIM. Richards we're convicted Of hav-
ing forcibly entered the house of John
Shaffer and stolen two hundred and
seventy-eight dollars. Moore is twenty
five years OF age and married.
Before sentence was passed, his
mother, q poor German, came weeping
TO the bar, and said she desired to
make restitution Of the theft. She had
come all the way from Baltimore, she
said, and brought her earnings with
her for that purpose. She then pro-
/ dueed a leather hand bag, took out
halt-a-dozen fise-dollar gold pieces, a
roll Of notes, all Of thom Of small de-
nomination, and counted Thorn out in
the hands of the Clerk Of the Court.
When the desired sum was made up,
there was left only enough to take her
back home. The money was placed on
Judge Ludlow,s desk.
Take it back said the Judge, sand
tell this poor woman that the payment
of this money VIII not save her son from
prison. The law must be indicated /"
The mother wept hard, and said,
ooh, / understand. / didn't hope to
save my boy from prison. / pay this
money because L want to do what's
right. Justice is Justice"
with that understanding" said the
Court, "let the money be received"
Sentence of Moore and his accom-
pliee was deferred until the last day of
the term. A criminal with such a
mother should suffer keener punish
ment from self-blame and self-contempt
than from a full term under tho law.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

The constitutional struggle which has
beer going on in Norway for several
years has at last been ended by the com.
piete triumph Of liberal principles
After a deadlock between the King and
the Storthing or parliamentary assem-
ply over the impeachment Of the re.
dictionary ministers who refused 10 obav
the law requiring them TO sit in the
Storthing and participate in its debates
Tue KING has yielded by the appoint.
ment OF n OF the leading liberals n
form a ministry. As is usually the case
where conservatism resists reform 10
the point OF absolute ruptuer, the kino
found that all his efforts at c-on,prom;ss
came too late; and when he commenced
concession, nothing would avail Short
OF absolute surrender. The result i
70 definitely establish the supremecy ~
the popular representation. Norwsv
4 now be added to the list Of nations
that are republics in TACT, II not in name
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14


A recently enacted law forbids the
graiuitous publication Of statistics col
lected By the Government and the cab
alisiie figures Of imports, exports and
Immigration which until lately flowed
m recurring streams from Washington
viii be seen no more for aseason.-The
great masses Of figures gathered and
published by the government. are sim
ply rubbish 10 a majority Of the people,
but 70 certain specialists they are val
liable for data and comparisons, and
this class will not DO debarred from nc.
curing all they wans through other
sources
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14
NEWS or THE WEEK.


The president Il expected 70 retnrn 10 wash
ingtop IN . week or ten days. II il understood
that he wiz At IN early day bring his mind TO
bear upon The subject OF appointing Q head for
the newly created labor bnfeau.
The acting secretary OF the navy has cabled
Rear AdsrifA Davis, in command Of the Asiatic
squadron, 70 be guided by the same instruc-
tions for the projection or American citizens
N cffsa ss were giytn at the outbreak Of the
Franco Chinese hosulitieA
In ord'r 10 avert as much as possible tho con
tinued decrease in gold reserve, which nov
amounts TO a little over sIiSooo,ooo, as com
pared with si4e, 0 1000 May /, II has been de-
cidod 10 restrict the further payment OF gold
cartiacaies from the treasury, and whore pos
a.bile 70 make payments in other funds than
gold or its immediate paper representative
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1884-08-14

John Bright, in a recent speech at
H~irmingham, said the peers Of the realm
were the spawn Of the blunders, wars,
and corruption Of the dark ages ii Brit.
islf history, and that the present tory
lords fare no better than their ances-
TORS some Of them arc worse for their
privileges had produced ignorance and
arrogance This u strong language.
applied 70 the hereditary aristocracy Of
old England. but Il has an element Of
fruth.