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Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11

tory be organized and that it be known
as Dry Lake township, and that an
election be held on Tuesday, the fourth
day of November, A.. D. 1884, at the
dwelling house of James Horne, for the
election of all necessary township Off
GERS.
On motion the sum of $46S5.78 was
ordered transferred from the general
fund to the school fund, this being the
full amount of money borrowed Of the
school fund.
On motion John F. MCGEE was ap-
pointed advisory counsel to the board
to fill the vacancy caused by the resig-
nation of Judge James F. O'Brien.
The following bills were on motion
allowed:
Pioneer Press company, books, STA
tionery, etc., $133.O9.
James A. jerks, board of prisoner
committed by justice court to Grand
Forks Jail, $2l5.lO.
NJ. c. Camp, merchandise furnished
John Barton for repairs on. ferry boat,
$1.4O.
W. T. O'Donnell, witness fees Mitch.
ell case, $2.1O.
John J. Cooke, witness fees Lynger &
Shepard case, g.
Martin Van Lieu, marshaps fees
Buny case, $4.20.
A. G. Requa, marshal's fees justice
court, $6.45. ~ =
R: Ferguson, horse hire and posting
election notices, $32.
A. B. Allen, services as county COM
missioner and posting election
notices, 50. -.
On motion the quarterly report Of
Justice B. j. Mcintyre for quarter end
ing October 6, 1884, was approved and
fees allowed.
On motion adjourned until Tuesday,
October II, A. D. 1884, at l O'Clock
p. m.
Attest: JOHN A. PERCIVAL.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11
School House.

The latter part Of last week the tim
bers for the new public school house
began to rise above the foundation, and
at this writing the structure has taken
shape and is enclosed. The building is
40x56, two stories high, being "a feet
from the foundation to the caves: L. K.
Arnold has the contract, and will COM
plete the building by the 20th instant.
There will be four large rooms in the
building, each to be 23x39 feet. The
structure is to be plastered throughout
and made as comfortable as possible.
A cupulo in which there will be bell is
is to be erected over the entrance. The
building stands on a prominent point in
the eastern suburbs and will show off to
good advantage.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11
Michigan Hunters,

Hon. s. s. Cobb, for several years
railroad commissioner of Michigan, and
Mr.. j. P. Woodbury., of Kalamazoo,
same state, have been in the city the
past week-that is, they have been
making this city their headquarters, but
have spent most Of the time on the duck
passes and in the chicken fields. They
are more than pleased with this region,
which they pronounce q veritable
sportsman's paradise. They have
bagged a great many birds. Mr.. Wood.
bury, who is close upon Is years of age,
said the other day, ,"Cobb, old boy,
(Mr. Cobb is 60) what grand thing it
is to be able to find such fine shooting
within thousand miles of Kalamazoo"
Messrs. Cobb and Woodbury. are old
friends Of Judge Lord, register Of the
land Office.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11
Democratic Caucus.

The local Democracy to the number
of 40 or SO met in caucus in this city
Thursday afternoon to select delegates
to today's county convention. Mr..
Budde called the caucus to order and
said he hoped men would be chosen
who could not be bought, sold or traded
of.
Col. Uline was chosen chairman and
Mr.. Nadeau secretary.
After numerous motions and amend
ments to vote by acclamation and by
ballot, those desiring ballot finally had
their way, and the polls were opened 20
minutes with W. H. Bradley and Alex
Walker as tellers.
The following delegates were chosen:
James V. Brooke, John D. Moore,
William J. Christie, Reuben Noble,
Emmett Orr, William schuelar, John
Cooke, Chas. Budde, William Oswald,
Mike Lynch.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11
A Good Sign.

A. G. Miller, the Grand Forks agent
Of the Northwestern Car g. Manufacture
ing company, arrived here Wednesday.
Mr.. Miller is very much encouraged
with the prospect in North Dakota.
He guages his encouragement upon the
receipt of money on old debts due the
company. Last year, owing to the
short yield Of wheat, but few farmers
notes were paid; this year, he says,
paper which has been due the company
for three years is being met promptly,
and the most surprising thing is that
farmers are coming into the company's
Office and paying up these back &C.
counts. This is certainly very encour-
aging, and it speaks volumes for the in
tegrity of the men who have been COM
PEELED to ask credit in years past. These
delinquencies, it must be remembered,
are being met from the proceeds of the
late abundant harvest.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11
Plenty Left.

A subscriber at Park Side, Monroe
county, Pa, writes to know if there Is
any government land near this city or
near the railroad. Well, we do not
know of any that adjoins the city nor of
any great amount through which the
railroad passes, but there are about six
million acres in this district awaiting to
be tickled by the hoe of the husband
man. Government land, as good as Da-
kota affords, may yet be had within ten
to fifteen miles Of this city.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11
Naugle 81 Soper.

A private letter from E. E. Naugle,
late agent Of the M. & M. at this point,
shows that Mr.. Naugle and David Soper,
the latter of whom owned and ran the
old steamer Arrow, now the NJ. D.
Thompson, on Devils lake, are in the
commission business in Omaha. The
firm name is Naugle & Soper. The
many friends of these gentlemen will be
glad to learn that they are doing a fine
business.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11
At the Elevator.

An average Of 1000 bushels of wheat
per day is being received at the eleva-
tor. Most of it grades mo. North
ern," but the grade of No. l hard is
very frequent. The price for the latter
grade Thursday evening was SIS cents, a
falling off Of cents since Monday.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11
Wholesale Robbery,

About the 9th Of September the shack
on William Drew's claim, six miles
northeast of this city, was robbed Of
bedding and blankets, and Last week the
shacks of r. r. Howard, Frank Cald-
we'll, Mrs. Agnes Ball and w. l. Brown,
east of this city, were also robbed OF
bedding, etc. All the parties mentioned,
except Mr.. Caldwell, have proved up on
their claims. There is no clue to the
robberies.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11

W. D. Lipe has laid upon our desk an
ear of yellow Dent corn grown upon his
place ten miles northwest Of this city.
The ear is over seven inches in length
and is well filled and was thoroughly
matured long before our first frost. Mr..
Lipe will plant sixteen acres next sea-
son. He says he never raised as good
corn in Southern Minnesota as he did
here this year.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11
Mouse River Butter.

Melstuprenson & Brashuson brought
here last week from their Mouse river
ranch 1923 pounds of butter, which was
purchased and shipped to Minneapolis
by w. &. Stoughton. The butter was
of first-class quality.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11
CITY CISTERNS.
Water Reservoirs for Use of the
Fire Department.

FIRE department.
: Work is now in progress upon the
four large cisterns to be built for
fire department purposes. The cistern
now being constructed is in the center
of Fourth street, at the intersection of
Harrington avenue. Another will be
put in at the corner of Arnold and
Fourth; another at Fifth and Kelly, and
the fourth at the corner of Third and
Kelly. These cisterns will have a ca.
pacity of 275 barrels each, or $500 gal.
lons-11OO barrels, Or S5, 200 gallons in
all. They are to be 16 feet deep and IA
feet in diameter in the clear, and to
have 8-inch brick walls built in arch
form at the top. The brick will be laid
in cement mortar, and are to have
thick layer of cement within, making
the cisterns thoroughly water-tight. The
tons of the arches will be three feet be-
low the surface. Mr.. William Groves
has the contract for building the four
cisterns, which are to cost, completed,
$3.50 each. a.
The council has not yet decided upon
q plan for filling the cisterns with water.
The Third street reservoir may be sup
piled from the elevator we'll, if such an
arrangement can be made. The win
ter's snow can also be utilized, and by
the time the clsterns are finished there
there will be plenty of that.
The engine, hose and hook and ladder
ordered by the council a month ago are
expected here soon. An engine house
is to be built, and altogether we are in
position to have protection from fires.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11
Madam John J, Cooka.

Has the largest and most complete
stock of millenery and ladies' furnishing
goods in the city. Prices positively the
lowest. Also dressmaking done with
neatness and dispatch. 126m
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11
Attention, Ladies!

You are respectfully invited to attend
the grand opening Of fall and winter
millinery goods on Friday and Satur-
day, October II and Is.
1t MADAME JOHN J. CoOKH.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11

Fine job work at St. Paul prices at the
INTER-OCEAN printing rooms.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11
For Sale,

Rock Island timber land in ten
acre lots. John w. Maher.
Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1884-10-11
THURSDAYS MEETING

THURSDAYS MEETING.
Board met at 4 o'clock p. m.
Present, Messrs. Allen and Ruger.
On motion the county clerk was in
structed to advertise for bids to supply
the county with coal for use of county
officers.
Application for license to sell intoxi-
eating liquors received from s. A. Wood,
Bartlett; also bond. The clerk was in
structed to return the bond with in
struction to execute new bond with
sureties that are residents of Ramsey
county.
On motion the bill Of County Physi-
clan M. W. Scott, Grand Forks county,
was ordered referred back for explana-
ton.
Petition from residents of township
155 north, range Is west, asking fol
civil township organization, received
and the board being satisfied that said
territory contains more than twenty.
five persons having the qualifications o.
electors, did order that the said terri
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
WONDERFUL Amto,aato,as.

Very many of the tiny screws
used in this country in Watch-mak-
ing are turned out on three little
automatic machines In this place,
says a letter from Danbury, Conn.
One of them, while turning out a
perfect screw at a fair rate of speed.
is considerably improved on by its
companions. The machine takes up
but little room. A man could carry
it under his arm without much
difficulty. A wire is fed through a
tube into the machine. It is carried
for ward by revolving teeth. AS it
appears a knife cuts away the sur
plus metal to make the stem for the
thread, just as the chisel operates at
the lathe of the wood-turner. As
this is finished, a small tube, in
which the thread is formed, advances
and clasps the stem, forms the thread
at lightning speed and falls back.
AS this is done two knives cut that
portion of the wire off. and the COM
pleted screw falls down. The wire
again advances and the process is
repeated. The marvel Of the ma
chine il best grasped when the size
Of the screw formed is understood.
They are an eighth of an inch
in length and it would require 200
of them to weigh an ounce. The
thread on the stem is SO small that
it is scarcely discernible to the naked
eye. Each machine will make 5000
screws a day. The machines have
been at work but little more than a
month, and are the result Of years Of
patient investigation.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
Effects of R,sss. on Pi0s.

Mr.. w. Mattieu Williams once wit
messed a display Of drunkenness among
three hundred pigs, which had been
given a barrel Of spoiled elderberry
wine all at once with their sYill.
.Their behavior" he says, twas in
tensely human, exhibiting all the usual
manifestations Of jolly good fellow
ship, including that advanced stage
where q group were rolling yer each
other and grunting afectionately in
tones that were very distinctly inn
pressiye Of swearing good-fellowship
all around. Their Keeling and stagger-
ing, and the expression Of their feat
nres. all indicated that alcohol had the
same effect on pigs as on men; that
under its influence both stood precisely
on the same geological level.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
A Chinese Gas.yiep.


The trick of sham suffering, to ex-
cite sympathy and extort extra pay,
has become a familiar one to travellers
in Italy, Egypt and South America,
who have occasion for the services Of
native guides or carriers. Mrs. Dwight
Williams, author of 'Voices from the
Silent Land" says that the Chinese
servants are adopts in the same kind
Of sentimental deception. While stop
ping at Hong Kong, she employed a
couple Of coolies to carry her in a Sc
dan chair on a pleasure trip up the Lee
ong Teong Mountains, and when about
half way up, n Ct them began to
pant and labor so painfully that she
begged in sign-language to be set
down, so that he could rest himself.
She says:
Having at length made myself I'M
derstood, the chair was put down in
the middle of the road; and the coolie
who had excited my pity, although still
painting, was standing quietly and
looking on with that grave and appar-
emily unconscious air that a Chinaman
knows so well how to affect when he
is intent on gaining some advantage
over you.
My friend who accompanied me-in
another chair some distance behind
came UP while we waited. She under
stood Chinese ways better than I did,
and read my eoolie at a glance. He
was only performing an old ruse on a
newly-arrived outside s'barbarian"-for
it seems that the man expected to work
upon my feelings until I should, out Of
pity, pay and dismiss him.
Poor mani He had melted me into
the pathetic; but the sudden change to
the ludicrous was irresistible, when my
friend, understanding the case, ex-
claimed in Canton English
"How fashion that? What for you
no carry that chairg"
Not Il word was uttered by the coolie,
who apparently oblivious of what was
passing, seemed neither to hear nor to
be conscious that anything was wrong.
After a short pause, my friend, accom-
panying her words with spirited little
gestures, continued
Fighter la" Hurry up.) "Itellee
massee Of you, aud he no glvee you n
cash. Takee up that chair chop-chopl
No a carry alice proper, no can
catchee that CASH. | say, you no carry,
massee no giyee you one single CASH.
My bearers, who readily understood
what was meant by "Massee no givee
one single cash." unless they performed
their contract, %thereupon took up the
chair and carried it with apparent ease
to the end.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
PEARLS OF


Uneasiness is a species Of sagacity;
a passive sagacity. Fools are never
uneasy.
Al thousand parties Of pleasure do
not leave a recollection worth that Of
one good action.
Whoever entertains you with the
faults Of others, designs to serve you
in a similar manner
Look on slanderers as direct enemies
to civil society; as persons without
honor. honesty o. humanity.
Constant activity IN endeayoring to
make others happy IS d Of the surest
ways Of making ourselves 30.
If you hit the mark, you must aim
a little above it; every arroW that flies
feels the attraction Of the earth.
a country always produces some
great mel as long as il preserves the
worship 0f those whom II has lost.
It Is not the deed q man does, but
the way he does It, that should plead
for the mans compensation in doing
it.
IN life, a. at the great competitions,
there are some people who obtain hon
CRADLE mention without ever having
d first prize.
There are some persons whose
Friendship ii encumbering and clum-
~ 10 1 point that makes ii wish they
would cease to love us.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
SCRAPS.

Carcasses of cows and sheep which
have died of contagious disease IN
France are dissolved in sulphurlc acld'
and the resulting solution Is then
treated chemically for the recovery Oh
salts, which can be used as manure
Actual trial has shown that there Is a
profit of seyenty-fiye cents on every
dead sheep.
Ordinarily, what we see of the sun
is the philosophers. But outside OF
that and beyond it the sun has an en-
yelope of gas and streamtrs 100000
miles in extent, and sometimes a
million miles, and even five or six
million niles, are thrown out. This
invisible part becomes visible at times
of eclipse.
The plan OF numbering the hours
consecutively up to twenty-four o'clock,
and doing away with the "A.M'"
pm" system, is gaining ground IN
America. The Cleveland, Akron, and
Columbus Railway now print their
time tables on this plan, and watches
and clocks are about to be made with
twenty-four hours marked "consecu-
lively in a double circle inside the
ordinary figures"
An immense and-saurian was found
last summer in the Laramie formation
Of Dakota. 1t was thirty-eight feet
long, and belongs to an extinct order
of reptiles. 1t has decided affinities to
birds, being in head something like a
goose. In the maxillary and sphenoidal
bones it has more than two thousand
teeth. We quote from a reputable au-
thority, but the account reminds us of
the Western tendency to exaggeration,
aud it is a case where scientific accura-
y is necessary.
The manufacture of rope from as
bestos is likely to become an industry
of considerable importance in England,
the strength of the article being esti-
mated at about one-fourth that OF
ordinary hemp rope of the same diam
eter. Rope of this material of one and
a half inches in diameter is stated to
have a breaking strength of one tun,
and twenty feet Of it are calculated to
represent d weight of thirteen and one
fourth pounds. Some of the purposes,
as enumerated, to which this kind OF
rope is especially adapted are theatres,
fire brigades, and means of escape
from dwellings and public buildings,
its advantage being that it will not
break and drop its burden if the fame
bears upon it. It is made like ordina-
~ rope, and is spun from Italian
asbestos thread.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
BMut,.a a,.a setli,,a Naanea.

A dealer said to the New York Sun:
q buy and sell the addresses of people
in all parts of the United States and
Canada. There are hundreds of BUSH
ness men who reach their customers
by circulars as well as by advertising
in the newspapers. Agents form one
line Of special names. Invalids form
another. There are two other gener-
al classes, n for the sharpers and one
for the general advertiser. Ihave
got as high as s25 a thousand for
names for sharpers' use. Good lists Of
habitual invalids are worth all the
way from $40 to $40 a thousand.
Agents are SO easily obtained that $40
Is a big price; from So to SIS is ordina-
~. General-use lists copied off, the
letters bring from So to IS where they
have not been mailed more than twice.
When mailed to oftener than that, and
where a year Of two old they get
down to 81 a thousand"
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
antarctic Erpyo,nfions.

Prof. Nordenskjold, an explorer who
has acquired considerable fame in
Arctic researches, Is planning an -ex,
petition to the south pole in 1885.
While the north polar circle has for
years been a favorite field for the bold
est nayigators, the south polar region
has remained an unknown land,
which has presented SO many dangers
as to make it unattractive to the most
bold and curious. Originally the hope
of finding a northwest passage was
the exciting cause that sent naviga-
tors to the arctic regions, until seienti-
fc discovery became the stronger in
eentive, and this has kept up their ex-
petitions. The antarctic region being
composed of land instead Of water, has
made its exploration far more hazar-
ious and difficult. To the north, yes
sels laden with provisions could be
dispatched, which would furnish the
explorer both a stoIehouse and ahome,
however insecure it might be. But
the band that undertakes to penetrate
the wastes that surround the southern
pole must abandon storehouses and
shelter, and make its way across re-
gions of eternal snow and ice, with its
provisions on a sledge.
Capt. Cook was the first navigator
who passed the antarctic circle-in
1773-making few discoveries of inn
portance. In 1879 Bellinghausen
reached 70 degrees, and in 1921, 68 de-
grees and 81 minutes, the most south
ern point then known, Since then
Capt. Waddell D'Uryille and Capt.
Wilkes (the last two in 1840) are the
last navigators who have attempted
this terra incognita. Capt Wilkes did
not, in his voyage, effect wen a land
ing, finding the ice barrier to ex-
tend from eight to twelve miles sea-
ward. but he found it to be a fact the
shore along which.bhe cruised was that
Of an uninterrupted continent. The
land does not rise from the sea in
bluffs. but gradually, and, as far as he
could see, the whole region was a bro
ken mass of snow, rock, and ice. It is
not known how far the Swedish adven-
turer will attempt his explorations,
but it may be safely inferred that he
win not penetrate very far into the
continent.
The Opelousas courier., 1884-05-10
the KiahfinanIe,s Sonn.


In the Century John Burroughs de-
scribes his Hunt for the Nightingale
n England, with the following result
Of an almost fruitless chase: when
my patience was about exhausted, I
was startled by a quick, brilliant call
or whistle, a few rods from me, that
at once recalled my barber with his
blade of grass; and l knew my long
sought bird was Initiating her throat
How it woke me up! It had the quail.
ity that startles; it pierced the gather
ing gloom like a rocket. Then it ceased
suspecting I was too near the singer
[ moved away cautiously and stood in
q lane beside the wood, where a lop-
ing hare regarded me a few PAGES
away. Then my singer struck up
again, but l could see she did not let
herself out; just tuning her instru-
ment, I thought, and getting ready to
transfx the silence and the darkness.
A little later, a man and boy am up
the lane. I asked them if that was
the nightingale singing; they listened.
and assured me it was none other.
"NoW she's on, sir; now she's IN. All!
but she don't stick. In May, sir, they
makes the woods all heccho about here.
Now she's on again; that's her, sir,
now she's off; she won't stick And
stick she would not. l coull hear a
hoarse wheeling and clucking sound
beneath her notes, when I listened in.
tently. The man and boy moved on.
stood mutely invoking all the gentle
diyinities to spur the bird on. just
then a bird like our hermit-thrush
came quickly over the hedge a few
yards below me, swept close past my
face, and back into the thicket. | had
been caught listening; the offended
bird had found me taking notes of her
dry and worn-out pipe there behind
the hedge, and the concert abruptly
ended; not another note; not a Whis-
per. 7 waited "a long time and then
moved off; then came back, implored
the outraged bird to resume then
rushed off. and, as it were, slammed
-
the door Indignantly behind me.
paused by other shrines, but not :
sound.