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The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
Important Supreme Court Decision.

Aquestion of considerable interestto travellers
returning from abroad-namely, what consti
tutes "wearing apparel in actual use," which
by law is exempted from duty-has been deci
led by the supreme court of the United States.
William Astor, plaintiff in error, a citizen of
the United States, arrived home from q visit to
Europe in the end Ut September with his fami-
ly by vessel, and brought with him wearing
apparel brought there for his and their use, to
then approaching; not excessive in quantity for
persons of their means, habits and station in
life, and their ordinary outfit for o winter. A
part of the articles had not been worn and
duties were eXacted on all these articles. This
court holds
Under section 25O5, revised statutes, exempt
ing from duty wearing apparel i'll actual use
the proper rule to be applied was to exempt
from duty such articles as fulfilled the follow
ing conditions:
First-Wearing apparel owned by q passen-
ger, and in condition to be worn at once without
further manufacture.
Second-Brousht with him as q passenger,
and intended for the use or wear Of himself or
his family who accompaniedhim as passengers,
and not for sale or purchase, or imported for
other persons or to be given away.
Undesirable for the season Of the year
which was Immediately approaching at the
time of his arrival.
Fourth-Not exceeding in quantity, quality.
or value what the passenger was in the habit
of ordinarily. providing for himself hi his
family at that time, aud keeping Oh hand for
Ills wants in view of their means, habits and
station in life, even though such articles had
not been actually worn.
The judgement of the circuit court is re-
versed, and tho case remanded with instruc-
tons to awate o new trial.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19

Connecticut as we'll as New York is
beginning to suffer from the wholesale
destruction of forests, and the decrease
Of the volume of it's streams is already
marked enough to arouse alarm. The
matter has been brought before the
legislature, and it is proposed to have
the state Board of Agriculture make a
thorough investigation and report next
year, not only as to the best action for
the state to take, but also as to the pos
sibility of securing concurrent action by
Massachusetts, New Hampshire and
Vermont for the protection of forests
near the sources of the Connecticut and
other rivers. The destruction of the
forests about the headwaters of the
Connecticut has already diminished the
volume of that stream, and it's future
navigation below Hartfordis threatened,
as is the navigat ton of the Hudson be.
low Troy.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
The Criminal Calendar.

Joseph Edwards, connected with one of the
wealthiest families of Houghton, Mich, COM
mitted suicide.
A new trial has been refused in the case of
Andrew ]. Korner, Indianapolis, convicted of
wife murder, and the prisoner was sentenced
TO be hanged June 81.
Shep Tucker, noted Pennsylvania thief, who
during his life stole over 400 horses, and who
knew the works of Shakespeare, Milton, Homer
and Byron by heart, has gone to his reward.
Lewis Tracy, a saloon keeper of Hartford,
Conn, in a fit of p%layfulness, aimed a pistol at
the heart of George Either, a French Canadian.
The weapon was exploded and Etlie fell dead.
Tracy "didn not know it was loaded"
An attempt was made recently to destroy,
with dynamite, the magazine of Fort George, a
few miles from Inverness. The marauders cs-
capped in boats, but not before a sentry bayonet-
cd one of them.
Mike Berry, a Texarkana barkeeper, was
shot and killed by Deputy Sheriff J. T. Clark.
Berry frequently threatened to kill Clark on
sight When they met Clark opened fire.
Several shots were fired by both sides, when
Berry fell dead.
Wesley Debolt and Charles O'Hara were ar
rested in Cincinnati, one on charge Of contempt
Of court and the other for obstructing the
United States mails. Both were strikers on the
Cincinnati Northen division of the Toledo, Gin
cinnati l. St Louis.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
A Washington Clerk Out off Job.

Washington Special:-Quite q sensation was
created in tho treasury department Friday
morning bya lively set to between one of tho
clerks and an outsider. Between 9 and 10
o'clock a stranger asked for John T.. Cramer,
and was directed to the fourth auditors. Office.
He proceeded there and called Cramer into
tho corridor. With but two or three prelimin
ary remarks the stranger knocked Cramer
down, kicked him, and handled him pretty
roughly generally, scattering blood all around.
He was prevented from doing further damage
by a messenger. The watch was
called and tho man was arrested.
grocer, and stated that Cramer had
used his influence to obtain a position on the
extra force in the internal revenue bureau for
his sister -in-law; that Cramer then addressed
letters to the lady, asking her to meet him at
might. These were shown to Risdon, who pro-
ceeded to take summary vengeance in the man
ner described. He said his sister-in-law did
not want to see Cramer, but he did. He was
released. Risdon' returned to the treasury de-
partment at noon and laid before Secretary Fol
ger the letters referred to. The secretary inn
mediately wrote a letter to the fourth auditor,
ordering Cramer's dismissal from the depart
ment
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19

The scientific officers of the United
States Signal Service at Washington
have been making close observations OF
late in order to satisfy themselves as to
the theory that disturbances in the sun
cause unusual atmospheric disturbances
on the earth. Their conclusion is that
so-called sun-spots have very little il
any connection with our great wind
storms. They give it as their opinion
that these terrific storms are caused by
a collision of warm and cold currents Of
air, especially in the springtime, fol-
lowing the advance of the warm weather
northMard.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
Since the Cincinnati riot, one of the

Since the Cincinnati riot, one of the
branches of the Ohio Legislature has
passed o law repeating the exemption Of
those belonging to military companies
from jury duties in important criminal
cases; reduced the criminals right to
peremporty challenges of the jury from
twenty-three to six, and raised those OF
the prosecution from two to four. The
Cincinnati Commercial Gazette urges
two more-the relief of the Supreme
Court from the revision and reversion OF
verdicts; and the reduction of the time
between a murderer's sentence and his
execution from 100 to thirty days.
The Legislature had already passed a
law prohibiting his intelligence from
disbaring a man from jury duty; so that,
altogether, it will be observed that the
news from Cincinnati has reached Co.
lumLas.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
The PITH OF The NEWS.
Washington aossip.

washington Gossip.
A site has been selected at Washington for
the statue Of Chief Justice Marshall which will
unveiled in May.
The president has signed the commission of
David 8. Stanley, to be brigadier general, and
it has been forwarded to him.
The postmaster general has ordered the Min
neapolis and Midland, OAK, mail route to be
extended to Aberdeen, Oak, and to be known
as the Minneapolis and Aberdeen route.
The secretary of state has decided not to give
any more letters of Introduction to citizens Wis
iting foreign countries, as the practice has be-
come burdensome and expensive to the con-
suls.
The secretary of the treasury will, in a few
days, render a decision on the application to
United States without executing a bond at the
port of entry.
The secretary of the interior has decided
that the af1idavits required of a homestead ap-
plicant under section 1904, revised statutes,
may be made before judges of probate in Da-
kota, and such officers under the territorial
code, ex-officer, clerks of their own courts.
The house committee on railways and canals
agreed to report favorably the Hennepin canal
bill, which was introduced at the beginning of
the session by Nil. Cannon of Illinois. It APP
proves the route surveyed by secretary of war,
from .Hennepin to Rock lslaeAd, and designated
in Benyuard's report as the Rock Island route,
together with the branch canal, or feeder, from
Rock river to the Hennepin canal.
Gen. Terry is attending to some business
at the war department, and is waiting for the
return of Gen. Sheridan, who has gone dow to
Fortress Monroe to inspect the artillery school
there. UponS heridan's return they will pre-
sent to congress the necessity and economy of
NV, ~ ,,a,, >N, ~ LNyf Srn1ls,rr ,~1 nN,
sentrating a large body of troops there, as de-
scrlbed in these dispatches some days ago.
A pleasant wedding occurred last Wednesday
evening at the residence of {. A. Maxwell, chief
of the land division, Indian office, the contract
ing parties being Adolph B. Carson of Chicago,
a brother of Mrs. Maxwell, and Miss Helen S.
kemoa. The presents were numerous and
handsome. The couple took the train for an
extended tour to the Northwest, and will locate
at Frankfort, Dak:, where Mr.. Carson has gone
into business.
upon Secretary Teller and presented
a formal request to be considered here
after us Il civilized tribe. They want to be
included in all the laws with the five civilized
tribes, making six civilized tribes, as they cx-
plain it. The secretary told them he would so
must in that case actlikc civilized ~tribcs-fsrm,
raise stock, send their children to school.
Postofices established: Dakota-Flora,
Charles Mix county; Holman, Osceola county.
Postoffice site changcd-Idylwilde, Turner
county. Postmasters commissioned-Prcsi
Dental offices, George A. Sylsby, Mitchell,
OAK; w. j. Brown, Emmetsburg, Iowa: Jo-
seph L. Grave, Nashua, Iowa;J j.. Wharf, Traer,
Iowa; John NJ. Jones, Cheyenne, Wyo; fourth
Mont. new Office, ]. 6. Porter. Jehu, Boone
county, Iowa.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
Miscellaneous News xotes.

Bradstreet's reports trade livelier in North
western cities than elsewhere.
Fifty poor New York gamins were given
homes around Vandalia, Ill. this week.
The Monmouth, ILL.,, bank failure is worse
than supposed. Depositors, mostly poor peo-
pie, will lose $15O,OdO.
Rev: L. NJ. Ferris, pastor of the Baptist
church at Tivoli, N. Y, is in trouble because
he engaged to mary four girls at the same
time.
The union printers in Texas have issued a
circular advising printers not to come to the
state, as efforts are bring made by the daily
papers to reduce the price of composition.
The National Bank of the Republic, of New
York City, of which John J. Knox will accept
the presidency when the committee on banking
and currency makes its report on the Boston
case.
ington, Pa. He had been insane sixty years,
and in all that time had been kept in a room
in a house where five brothers, all unmarried,
lived.
A surprise has been occasioned in Boston by
the passage of a dividend by the Calumet l.
Hecla Cooper company. The company has
paid dividends continuously for about seven
teen years, and has distributed more than s20,-
W0,WO in cash to its stockholders. Its present
capital is 100000 shares of the par value of
s25, upon which less than $12 per share has
been paid NJ. At $3.50 per share-a recent
price-the property was selling for 80, 100000.
The annual distribution of annuity goods at
Lac Court Oreille reservation has just been
made to 1000 Indians there. The Indians of
this reservation have been extensively engaged
IN logging during the past winterandh have
banked about $780, 600 worth of logs. Asa re-
suit of their labor they are we'll fed and clothed
some of them having realized from $1,000 to
$4,000 net from the disposal of their timber.
All have been at work.
AS it was known that Gen. Grant would not
preside at the Confederate home in Cooper
Union New York, owingto disability, the large
hall was not crowded, as it otherwise would
have been. Fully 1860 persons were present,
however, and enthusiastic for the success Of
the movement. Corporal Tanner Of Brooklyn
presided, and the exercises began by n band
playing Dixie. Many letters of regret wero
resd. Gen. Hancock sent assurances of his
very best wishes and efforts for success. Gen.
Preston promised his support. Dr.. Talmadge
also sent a letter of sympathy with the move
ment inlicu Of his presence. Gen. J. B. Cor
don made the speech of the evening.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
The country will soon be deluged with

The country will soon be deluged with
congressional speeches. This occurs
every presidential year, and as usually
the case, the more new men there are
In the house the more speeches will be
printed. Not one in ten are ever de.
livered, but the orators get leave to
print and then put their speeches in the
record, commencing "Mr., Dusenberry
than addressed the house as follows"
with applause" Continued applause
CHEERS" and similar parenthetical
words run in through the text. The
practice has been severly ridiculed but
without apparent effect, for this year
the nuisance is more aggressive than
ever before.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
NEWS And GOSSIP.
~Partuerships in Dakota.

There are hundreds of firms doing
business in Dakota Territory whose
partnership name" does not disclose
the name or names of the partners.
How far the code may apply to such
firms is for the courts to decide in a
large number Of suits which must iney-
itably and very soon be grounded on
this very question, as the point is oil
ready raised in many, and the subiec
is becoming generally agitated. The
code is as follows:
Section 1443. Except as otherwise
provided in the n%extsection, every part
nership transacting business in the ter.
rltory, under q fictitious name or q des-
lgnation not showing the names of the
persons Interested as partners in such
business, must file with the clerk of the
district court of the county or subdivi-
sion IN which it's principalplace of bust
ness IS situated, q certificate, stating
the names in full of all the members Of
such partnership and their places Of
residence, and publish the same once a
week for four consecutive weeks in O
newspaper published in the county. If
there be one, and if there be none in
such county, then in a newspaper pub
hshed in an adjoining county.
Sec. l444. A commercial or banking
partnership, established and doing bust
ness in a place without the United States
may, without filing the certificate or
making the publication prescribed in
the last section, use in this territory the
partnership name used byit there, al
though it be fictitious, OF does not show
the names of the persons interested as
partners in such business.
Sec. 1445 provides how these certif-
Gates may be made, and also provides:
Persons doing business as partners
contrary to ~theprovisions of this article
shall not maintain any action upon or
on account of any contracts made or
transactions had in their partnership
name in any court of this territory, I'M
til they have first filed their certificate
and made the publication herein re-
quired.
Other sections of the article make
provision for the filing of these partner
ship certificates with the district clerk.
and for new certificates and publications
in case Of change in the firm. Some
hold that this act applies to outside
firms who sell goods to merchants in
the territory.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
The supreme court Of Pennsvlvani,

The supreme court of Pennsylvania
has rendered o decision to- the effect
that minority stockholders in q corpor-
alton have a right to inspect the books
and papers of the organization ~atreason-
able times for legitimate purposes, and
that such right may be enforced by man.
damus. There can be no doubt about
the injustice of such a decision, and the
frequent exercise of the right in ques-
ton by minority stockholders would
have a wholesome general effect. Too
often the holders of the majority OF
stock in a corporation manage its prop
erty and affairs without any regard to
the interests or wishes of the minority,
and frequently to their serious disad-
vantage.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
The WISCONSIN Central.

The Wisconsin Central will confine itself
to building its 81. Paul extension from Chip
pewa Falls, a distance of nearly one hundred
miles. The line will cross the st. Croix about
three miles north of Saltwater, and the Omaha's
tracks at New Richmond. 1t will cross the
Duluth road four miles this side of Saltwater,
and again at Lake Phalen, from which point it
may use the track of that road to reach St
Paul. If such an arrangement is not made the
northeastern section of the city, where a juno
ton will be made with tho proposed line of the
St Paul & Northern Pacific, and the two roads
enter st. Paul over the same track.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
There are hundreds {

There are hundreds of women clerks
and accountants in this country, some
holding positions of great trust, and il
is said that no nj has yet heard of one
of them being guilty of embezzlement
or defalcataon. I;lere are several
thousand woman employed by the
government but not one has ever proved
unfaithful to her trust. Many have
been discharged for incapacity and
for other reasons, but never one fol
dishonesty.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
Dakota Territorial News.

Commodore Perry has five lineal de-
scendants living in the vicinity of
Mitchell, whose avoirdupois aggregates
1885 pounds. They are w. FL. Perry,
J.. L. Perry, G. e. Perry, Mrs. Flint,
and Mrs. Sayles.
Proceedings are pending in suit for
divorce between Lieut.. Randall,
T%wenty-fifth infantry, stationed at Fort
Randall, and his wife. The lady az
rived in Yankton in search of their son,
whom she alleged was abducted by his
father and secreted in that city, and
finally secured the boy and returned
with him to her home at the fort.
Shortly afterward Sheriff Brennan Of
Yankton received a telegram from the
father instructing him to retain the pos
session of the boy, but it was too late.
A scheme is on foot to divide the
countries of sully, Hyde and Hughes,
so as to keep the county seat of the
former at Clifton andthe latter at Pierre,
and defeat Highmore as the county
seat of Hyde.
John B. Winn is elected Mayor Of
Yankton.
A fire at Wolsey, burned stock, ETC.,
valued at $500, belonging to Primm
Bros.
Mayor-elect Of Bismarck j. P. Dunn;
of Mandan Frank j. Mead; of Fargo
Mayor Yerxa; jamestown Charles D.
Boyd.
Gen. W. 7. Clark, lately chief clerk
of the internal revenue bureau, has gone
to Fargo, where he will take charge of
the Argus. Gen. Clark was chief of
staff to Gen. Mcpherson at the time
that gallant officer was killed.
The Dakota grain inspectors have
made q trip over the Hastings & Dako-
ia.
The Mitchell officials consider the
danger of Hank Lewis, the murderer of
City Marchal G.. T. Pierce, beings
lynched about past, as the excitement
following the murderer has mostly cool
ed down. The prisoner is in the county
jail and the officers have taken precau-
tions to protect him from any possible
mob. The general sentiment now is to
let the law take it's course, which will
no doubt be done.
A banker at Columbia was shot by q
farmer for threatening to foreclose q
chattel mortgage. The banker is not
eriously hurt.
At a meeting of the board of direc-
tors of the Dakota penitentiary at Bis
marck, the contract time for the en-
closure of the building was extended to
June l. The chairman of the building
committee reported that the walls and
utifcial trimmings had not been in the
least injured by the frost and SHOWS of
the winter. Work on the building will
now be pushed rapidly.
Bishop Hare has selected Sioux Falls
as the Catholic city of his diocese. A
committee of citizens accepted the bish-
ops offer to build a college in that city
for q donation of SIC, 1000, which will be
easily secured.
The grand juryat Yankton is devoting
itself to the investigation of the Faulk
county organization, and all parties who
made deeds to W. B. Tebbitts on pay
ment for county seat location are there.
Tebbitts was subpenaed, but has fed,
and officers are unable to find him.
The Trail county seat contest is on
the question of removing the county
seat from Caledonia to Trail Centre.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
Chosen University President.

Grand Forks, Oak, special,-At the
meeting of the university regents DR..
William M. Blackburn of Cincinnati,
Ohio, was unanimously elected president
alta salary Of s. $500 per year. Mr..
Blackburn is no less distinguished for
iberality Of thought and culture then
for accuracy and high character as an
author. He formerly filled the chair of
history and literature in the Northwest
ern Theological seminary of Chicago
with distinction to himself and the insti-
tuition. His work on church history
quoted as standard, and he will bring to
this young university ripe scholarship
and great earnestness as an educator.
He will visit this place about May l.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
A Temporary Injunction Obtained.

ILLUS Il. DIIkC UI1U AII1IUTEC II. NI1uGT, AZ
trustees of the Sioux City & st. Paul land grant,
in the district court at Sioux City obtained a
temporary injunction against Buren, r. Sher-
man, governor of Iowa, restraining him front
conveying the uncertitied land of the company
to the general government in accordance with
tho act of the legislature at its recent session.
It is understood the case will be transferred
from the district to the federal court.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
Fayorab1y Reportea.

The house committee on directed
that a favorable report be made on the bal au-
thorizing the Chippewa Falls & Western Rail
way company to construct a bridge over the St
Croix river. A similar report was directed on
the bill authorizing the Winona Alma 4 North
ern Railway company to construct bridges
across the Wisconsin, Chippewa and st. Croix
rivers in Wisconsin, and also on the bills ar-
thorizing the Chicago, st. Paul g. st, Louis
Railroad company to construct bridges across
the Mississippi river in Wisconsin, and between
Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19

At Northampton, mass, the Elisha Graves
house, over POO years old, was burned recently.
A blast in the Calumet and Hecla mine in the
Lake Superior COPPER district, killed Thomas
Tremberth and blinded Nicholas Johns.
Tremberth leaves a family and eight children.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19

A French savan has found that by.
drophobia can be prevented by innocu-
lation with q modified virus, and hence
we may expect an era of vaccination to
set in-but a better way is to kill the
doua
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
The prisoners confined in the county ,ail at

Ges Moines, succeeded in cutting through the
outer wall, about three feet in thickness, and
fifteen of them made their escape, three of
them remaining within. None of them have
been recaptured. The names of those who es-
eaped are: John Lay, Fred Doud, Andrew
M1sholan, George Knight, Dan Smith, William
Gslbert, Ed Kelly, Thomas Lalley, james Quan,
Thomas White, Mike and Elijah Walters,
William Howard and Ed Ryan. They were as
sisted by parties On the outside. Most of them
were serving short jail sentences. /,
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19

Clark's paper mills at Narcotics, Ill, were
burned Loss. 100000; fully insured.
The Dickinson press., 1884-04-19
RAILROAD Rumcliugs.

The Crookston, Grand Forks e. Lake Supe-
rior directors, at a recent meeting, decided to
issue $1O0,G worth Of stock, and throw it on
the market at 50 cents on the dollar.
The report that an agrccmenthad been made
between the Burlington and st. Paul by which
i each : will " III a suspend a, for two years 1a aanasa,1s hn
lieved.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of
the La Crosse, Iowa q Southwestern, has been
called for Charles City, Iowa, Mayo. A board
of directors is to be elected, and other business
of Importance transacted.
John w. Gary of Milwaukee, attorney of the
Milwaukee & st. Paul road, is i'll Washington
looking after the bill granting that road the
right of way through the Sioux reservation and
other legislation affecting the road.
o. H. Smith, formerly agent for the:Northern
Pacific at Belknap, has been arrested, charged
with embezzlement He is said to have been
short 81 900 in his accounts with the express
company, and about $500 with the railroad
company.
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