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Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16
A Painted Fraud.

PHILADELPHIA April 1.-THE Press pub
fishes the aflidavits of George Gillespie and
Robert Hughes, the animaLkeepers of Liver
pool, England, who swear that the alleged
white elephant of Adam Forepaugh, is a
common Indian elephant artificially colored
with Paris white. The men allege that they
were employed by Forepaughs agent to
color the animal and that they
gave him several coats. The affidavits were
made before Wendell z. Bowman, counsel
for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
to Animals, who says that warrants will be
issued for the arrest of Adam Forepaugh
and his partners, as veterinary surgeon has
also made an affidavit that the coloring will
probably cause the elephants death.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16
CHICAGO. AM

CHICAGO, April II.
To-day being Good Friday, the board Of
trade is closed and there is consequently no
grain market to report.
Live Stock-The Union stock yards reports
the following range of prices: Hogs-Mar-
ket fairly active and prices 5@10c higher;
shippers and spectators buying; light
grades selling. at SIS, 100000 for
common to choice; heavy mixed packing,
S5.45@6. 90 for common to fair, and $4,000
g. IS for fair to choice; heavy shipping, 5000
@645 CattleoMarket active and firm m oe exe
$40: common to fair IS 40@5 s5; butchers,
81. 75@5.oO; stockers, S3.75@5.S5 Sheep
Market demoralized; good to extra, SIS. 700
6. S5; common to fair, SIS. 75@5.50.
Produce: Butter-Dull and lower; fine
creamery, 27@29c; good to fine dairy, 2o@
25c; poor stock, 5000. Eggs-In large supply
and weaker; fresh-laid, 141ac. Potatoes-Ip
fair request and firm; early rose, S3@35c;
peachblow, 35@37c; no sale for poor.
Good Friday was observed at all the trade
centres and The exchanges were not doing
any b1sunoS
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16
The Eryntian War.

CAIRO, April Il, -Berber dispatches of the
9th instant indicate that affairs there are
daily assuming more menacing position
The tribes between Berber and Shendy are
in state Of instruction. They have
seized boat laden with provisions,
which was proceeding to Shendy. The
rebels are beseiging Saendy, and a portion
of the Berber troops have gone to that city's
relief Had such action not been taken it
is feared the rebels could have beseiged
Berber also, and intercepted the route to
Roroc1ro
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES HIeat seized.

New YORK, April 12.-Under orders of
DR.. Edison, the inspector of offensive trades,
big rade was made on the wagons and
trucks carrying meat into the city for distri-
button in the markets, and among downtown
commission stores The meat business re-
ceives an enormous impetus by the near ex-
piration of the lenten embargo, and for this
reason this time was chosen for general de-
scent upon the routes by which the supply
reached the city. The result, as reported at
sanitary headquarters, shows the seizure of
fully eleven tons of both veal and poor cows
meat unfit to eat.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16
Republican District Convention.

Whereas, many voters of this Con-
gressional District have expressed the
disire for an early convention for
nominating Republican candidate
for Congress, and have requested that
such nomination be made at or about
the time fixed for the election of dis
trict delegates to the Chicago conven-
ton, in order that the voters of the
severals towns and counties may be
able to perform the duties devolving
upon them in connection with the
above named matters, by holding one
set of cacuses and county conventions
thereby avoiding much Unnecessary
labor;
And, whereas, the question of NOM
mating candidate for congress, is,
through instrumentalities beyond the
control of this comittee, now an open
one before the people of this district;
Therefore, resolved, That the Re-
publican District Convention, for the
Fifth Congressional District of Min
nesota, be called to assemble at the
City of Fergus Falls on the 23d day of
April, 1854, at 2 o'clock p. NJ, of said,
day at the Court House in said city,
for the purpose of placing in nomin-
alton a Republican candidate for
member of congress for the fifth Dis
trict. The basis of represention will
be one delegate for each organized
county in the district, and one for
each additional 500 Republican votes
or major fraction thereof, determined
by the vote cast for Knute Nelson and
c. f. Kindred for congress in 1882.
The following is the apportionment.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16
ArrieuItnral aennrta.

WASHINGTON Cry, April 1.-THE April
returns Of the department. of agriculture make
the winter wheat area about 81, 600, 600 acres.
This is nearly the breadth sown of the previ-
GUS crop, of which between and 6 per cent.
was subsequently, plowed up, leaving 26, 4O0,-
700 acres to be harvested. Compared with
theatre harvested, the present breadth is an
increase of per cent. The present area is
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16
Important Legal Decision.

INDIANAPOLIS, April 11.-March %, 1882,
Alexander c. Wingate, passenger on train
on the Ohio & Mississippi railroad, was shot
and killed by drunken passenger named
William Haynes near Salem, Ind. The
widow of the deceased, Malinda G. Wingate,
of Kentucky, brought suit against
he railroad company in the United States
court here, and was awarded judgment
for $4,000 Elizabeth Carson was also given
$1,000 damages against the same company
for the killing of her son, John Carson, an
engineer, in a wreck on the road near
Vincennes in March, 1885.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16
Tho Weak,s Failures,

New YORK, April 1.-The business fail
ures during the past week, reported to R. G..
Dun & Co., were: In the United States, IT'S;
in Canada, 80; compared to 212 the previous
week.
NEW YORK, April 12.-Bradstreet's reports
195 failures in the United States during the
past week, against l43 in the preceding week,
153, Ill and 90 in the corresponding weeks of
1883 1852 and 1881, respectively.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16
Something More for the savants.

LONDON, April 11.-Dr Harkavy, the st.
Petersburg savant, to whom was submitted
an alleged scroll of the Old Testament, be-
lieves it to be genuine. The scroll was
bought from Greek sailor hailing from
Rhodes. 1t consists of thirty rolls of vellum,
and contains poem describing the fall of
Jerusalem, and purported to be signed by
Jacob. DR.. Harkavy thinks the writing
may have been made by Hebrews, who be-
oo,oa iSolotad in Arabia
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16

is being heaped upon him.
Scientific American: The spring
graduation exercises at our educa-
tional institutions invaribiy show II
full quota Of would-ho doctors. The
output" we may SO style it, is sut-
ficient to prevent any diminutlon III
the ranks of a profession already well
filled, and is quite large enough, even
to provide ample attendance should
the nation be so unfortunate as to be
visited by n series of plaques. At two
New York city colleges there were POP
new doctors sent out on the same day
March 1S-of whom 149 were allo-
pathic and So homeopathic. Daniel
Webster used to say that in the pro-
fession of the law there was always
Groom at the top" but what proper
ton of these graduates will thus find
themselves assured of lucrative
practice, compared with the number
that will not do as we'll as an educated
mechanic is likely to do? The latter
are always scarce, but the doctors and
lawyers seem to be increasing as
though the sickness and quarreling of
mankind were to be indefinitely null
tiplied.
A. +. Nordin, Commissioner of
Statistics in Minnesota, calls the at
~ nnnnSSItV
of carefully collecting statistics, by
issuing the following circular:
Your attention is hereby respectfully
called to the great Importance attach
ed to the statistics of our State.
In the first place, it gives the State
her proper standing among other
states of the Union, by showing her
products, resources and wealth.
In the second place, it will tend to
increase our population and wealth by
encouraging immigration from abroad
| and thus bring to our state many who
otherwise would not come here to To-
cate.
~ Itllo CliNt, ttSoSSSOlS, " 1loSC
duty it is made by law, should with
great care collect the statistics Of their
different towns, so that the resources
of each county can be accurately
shown. Heretofore some counties
| have, through negligence of assessors,
made q very poor showing as COM
| pared with other counties, although
no poorer in soil nor in skill in hus-
bandry, but only because of the care
lessness of those to whom it was in
trusted to collect the facts required.
Such counties, as has been appreciably
| illustrated, have lost their share of the
population and money which have
come into the state and been transferr-
ed to other counties that have made a
better showing. No county can afford
this. 1t not only effects the office of
the Commissioner of Statistics, but
the Bureau of Immigration are often
accused Of partiality when the true
reason is that the assessors have not
used sufficient care in collecting the
statistics, and for that reason only the
Commissioners Reports have been de-
fective.
Each assessor should carefully read
"The instructions to Assessors and
"1,he Laws Governing the Collection
Of Statistics" which will be found up
| blank.
I sincerely hope that the Commiss-
toner's Report on Statistics for the
year 1884 will by the assistance of the
officers whose duty it is made by law
to assist him, by furnishing the re-
quired information, be more accurate
and show our Industries more fully
than has ever been done before.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16

Lac qui Parle Press. The season of
the year is approaching when the Re-
publican country papers of the state
will be invited to print party plat
forms, notices of conventions, caucuses
ETC., for the glory of the thing. The
country papers ought to combine in
this matter and print nothing of the
kind without pay. Every year cam
paign funds are raised to defray the
legitimate expenses of an election, but
we have yet to learn of a country pa
per that has ever received pay for do
ing this kind of work. That they are
justly entitled to it no one can deny,
as it is upon the legitimate sale of its
space that paper depends for its ex-
istance. Brethren, let us have pay
for our work.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16
S1Corpio Gpi6u,pe.

Congressman Nelson, Wakefield
and Strait deserve credit for their
stand upon the tariff question.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16
Total

The attention of republican county
committees is called to the following
resolution adopted by the committee:
Resolved, That in case any county
has no county committee, or having
one, said committee shall fail to issue
a call before the 18th day of April, for
a convention pursuant to this call, the
chairman Of this committee shall APP
point committee of three republicans
to take action looking to the proper
calling and holding of county con-
vention in such county or counties.
Resolved, That all persons presid-
ing in caucuses and county conven-
tons, held pursuant to this call, are
hereby recommended to allow ballot
or division of the house whenever
the same shall be requested by any
voter at any such caucus or conven-
ton, to the end that a fair count and
true expression of the voters may be
had. By order of the district COM
mittee
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16

Beyond doubt Blaine is the choice.of
the people of Minnesota. Whether he
is the choice ofthe politicians of Min
nesota or not is yet to be decided.
The st. Paul Dispatch is letting
politics in this neck o the woods alone
and advises the other city papers to
do the same. The Dispatch is level
headed as usual.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16
a NihiliSfic Prince.
THE MARKETS.

LONDON, April lott is reported that
Prince Undroinkof has been arrested in Rus
STA for connection with nihilism.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16

Mr.. Gilman has refused to notice or
call the attention of his committee to
it, he deserves all the censrre which
is being heaped upon him.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16

Dispatch: Democracy split in two,
lengthwise, or the tariff bill, and then
split in two crosswise on the bonded
whiskey bill. What their is left Of it
to fight national battle will have to
be looked for by microscope, armed
with a search warrant.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16

The TRIBUNE would rather support
the Devil for Congress in the Fifth
District this year than have the de-
morlizing and disgraceful fight of two
years ago repeated and believes the re-
suits of the election of his Satanic
Majesty would be less injurious than
continuation of this Kilkenny cat af-
fair. The peace of this great district is
of far greater Importance than the
success of fractional leaders and if it is
necessary, in order to promote har-
mony, both Nelson and Kindred
should be sacrificed.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16
G.. A. GILMAN, Chairman.
GEO. w. BOYINGToN, Secretary.

Red Wing Argus: All honor to
Hon. Knute Nelson. He is the first
representative our Scandinavian citi-
zens have ever had in congress, and
the first opportunity he has had to
vote upon the tariff question he ex-
pressed the sentiments of his consti-
tuents by voting against increased
"protectionn to wool.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16

The real reason of the Republicans
for not wanting the Democrats to get
into power is that it would be estab-
fishing dangerous president.-Butfa-
10 Times
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16

The farmers of Minnesota need to be
exceedingly cautious or this Farmers
movement will bring an undesirable
class of politicians to the front in the
next legislature. There is class of
men, appropriately termed farmer
politicians" who are frauds of most
distinct type. AS farmers they are fail
ures and as politicians are but cheap
John demagogues. Although they
are prolific with promises and profess
sions and apt in identifying them
selves with peoples movements, they
are just the men jobbers and monop-
lists like to have in official positions.
Most of them can be easily manipula-
ted or out-witted and the remainder
can be easily bought. The farmers
should summarily sit down upon all
this class as fast as they appear above
the surface and this extingushing pro-
cess should be commenced at once for
few heads are already in sight.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16

representative our Scandinavian citi-
zens have ever had in congress, and
the first opportunity he has had to
vote upon the tariff question he ex-
pressed the sentiments of his consti-
tuents by voting against increased
protection" to wool.
Ifthere is a particle of sincerity in
the professions of members of the two
committees in the "Fighting Fifth a
compromise can be easily effected and
sweet peace will reign. If either side
be insincere the public wants to know
which side it is so that the response
bility for the continued fight may be
located where it belongs.
Ifyou want to keep q town from
thriving don't erect more dwellings
than you can conveniently occupy
yourself. If you should accidentally
have an empty building, and anyone
should want to rent it, ask three times
the value Of it, demand Shylock
price for every foot ofground that God
has given you stewardship over. Turn
cold sholder to every mechanic and
business man who seeks to make a
home with you. Look at every new
conner with scowl. Run down the
work of new workmen. Go abroad
for wares rather than seek to do bust
ness in your midst. Fail to advertise
or in any way support a newspaper,
so that people abroad may not know
whether business is going on in your
town or not. Wrap yourself with
coat of impervious selfishness. There
is no more efectual way to retard the
growth of town than actions like
these enumerated.-Hora Greeley.
It is quite probable that the Fifth
District row can be amicably settled
even yet but if the fight which has
lately been reopened is continued the
public wants to know who is respon-
sible for the continuation of the I'M
seemly squabble and who it is that
will not compromise. A correspon-
dent in the Pioneer Press Of last Fri
day states positively that the follow
ing letter was sent by Mr.. Homes to
Mr.. Gilman on January 10th
The interests of the Republican party
in this district and throughout the
country demanding the most hearty
concord and unity of action, and de-
string to harmonic all discord and
serve only the best interests of the
party, beg leave to propose that the
two congressional committees now eX-
listing in this district be called to-
gether at.once, and by the resignation
of an equal number of the members of
each, or by the consolidation of all, or
both, there be constituted one COM
mittee, which shall choose chair
man to serve until new committee
is chosen. Hoping this will meet
your approval and receive your earn
est cooperation, I await your answer.
Mr.. Holmes states that the above
was sent in his business envelope with
the usual request for return; but the
letter never came back nor did he re-
ceive an answer. IF it be true that
this letter was sent as alleged it was
certainly an overture for peace and If
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16

from the edition OF MeSSrS. Geo. L.
Rowell & Co.'S American Newspaper
Directory, now in press, it appears
that the newspapers and periodicals
of all kinds at present issued in the
United States and Canada reach a
grand totol of 3,402. This is net gain
of preciceIy 1000 during the last
twelve months and exhibits an in
crease of 1913 over the total number
published just ten years since. The
increase in 1864 over the total for 1873
was 493. During the past year the
dailies have increased from 1,13S to
1854; the weeklies from 1902 to HOOPS
and the monthlies from 1901 to 1,499.
The greatest increase in the Western
states. Illinois, for instance, now
shows 1909 papers in place of last
years total of 904, while Missouri
issues 604 instead of the 523 reported
in 1883. Other leading Western
States also exhibit great PERCENTAGE
of increase. The total number of
papers in New York State is 1923
against 1899 in 1883. Canada has
shared in the general increase.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16

Washington Republican: The de-
feat of the Converse wool tariff bill in
the house simply swept away the last
vestige of Democratic hope for success
in Ohio. Democratic members from
that state sadly admit that what
chance of victory they had in that
state has been ruthlessly sacrificed.
Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1884-04-16


Lac uui Parle Press: A number OF
the citizens of this village who have
been swindled in a greater or less de-
gree by certain tooth carpenter, who
STYLES himself "Dr. J. Edwards, dem
tist,n desire us to warn the public
against placing any confidence what
ever in the fellow. He is by nature a
dead-beat of the most pronounced
type and has left our village under
circumstances which fairly entitle
him to a coat of tar and feathers at
least.
Swift County Press.-The fifth con-
gressional district promises to main
tain its hard earned title ofthe "bloody
fifth Already both a Nelson and
Kindred convention has been called.
It looks as if the Nelson crowd had
stopped over. In the present distur-
bance the sympathles of many, who
were formerly warm supporters of
Nelson, are with Kindred, and very
Justly, too. 1t isn't always policy for
a man to be a hog simply because he
knows how.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-11-20
Speakers and Crowds.


A huge crowd is always agitated bv
some restlessness or emotion; it sways
to and fro; it changes its pose; it is inn
patient and inexperienced and the
condition precedent of the speakers
success is a condition almost impossI-
bic OF fulfilment. 1t is in the power of
one man to destroy that breathless
hush in which alone the orator can
be heard and we know that maleyo-
lent or INSCRIPTIONS partisans are not
unwilling to provide that one man.
linen suppose the speaker is heard.
Undisciplined and ill-informed crowds
are ignorant'of the art of a good lis
tener. A stroke of keen wit misses
their appreciation a literary allusion
is wasted on them they care nothing
for the ''lofty and balanced style' Of
Pitt, the infections of the voice, the
niceties of gesture, are for the most
part inaudible aud invisible. But the
case is far worse than this. The crowd
will not even allow the speaker to fin
lsh sentence. As his words flow on
he comes upon the name of the person
or the institution against which the
mob is demonstrating !" Instantly
some fugleman brays or groans some
zealot cries, Down with himp' or
Turn him out!n Off goes the crowd
into a cheer, hiss, or a guffaw. and
the speaker must leave the reporters to
finish his manned sentence and BEGIN
fresh one.-St. James Gazette.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-11-20
Composing Leaves.

To compost leaves use freshly slaked
lime, one bushel to every fifteen or
twenty of the leaves and dark loan lv.
ing beneath them. One bushel of lime
is recommended for ten of swamp
muck. Twenty bushels of the leaves
and muck are to be first spread three
inches deep, then bushel of lime warm
from the shaking s7rinkled over this
layer. Then this process is to be re-
peated till the heap is several feet high.
The heap may remain through the
summer and be mixed by cutting down
and shoveling over If bushei of salt
Ito six bushels of lime) be dissolved in
water, and the brine used to slake the
lime, the action viii be more rapid. and
q few weeks be long enough to set up
decomposition, when the heap NAV be
overhauled, and will be ready to use in
few weeks more. Instead of salt.
muriate of potash will answer, and will
supply indispensable potash to the
crops. It is on account of the forma-
ton OF soda and carbonate of soda from
the lime and salt mixture that this mix
ture exerts more powerful decompo-
sing action than lime alone. When salt
y cheap and wood ashes scarce, the
mixture may be applied to advantage.
Farm FSsla AID Flrsside,
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-11-20
a GOOD, HONEST, FAITHFUL BOY.

Ralph Warner and Joe Curtis were
next door neighbors. The doors were
not very near, for both lived on farms,
and the two houses were the eighth Of
q mile apart. The farm on which
Ralph lived was a large and rich one,
but Ralph was not rich. He was only
poor orphan boy, who worked for Mr..
Harris, the owner of the farm. Joe
Curtis was an orphan, too. The farm
on which he worked was owned by Mrs.
Douglas, widow. lady. 1t was small
one, so small that sometimes this boy
was all the help she had.
One night Ralph asked Mr.. Harris if
he might 20 to the river with Joe.
Have you done all the choresP''
asked the farmer.
Eyes. sir
Now Mr.. Harris knew that IL Ralph
said 50 it was 60, and he granted bis
request vt enca,