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The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13

All eggs received in this country from
foreign ports are known as "pickled'
eggs, and are packed in cases OF fifty
dozen each. They are treated to some
process previous to their shipment by
which their appearance OF freshness is
partially preserved until they are re-
revived and put on the market at New
York. Germany is at present the
largest shipper Of eggs to this country,
md the German eggs are superior both
in size and flavor to any other foreign
eggs received. The Danish eggs, which
are received in less quantities than the
German, are looked on with very little
favor by dealers on account of their
small size The number of eggs, foreign
and domestic, consumed in New York,
is about two millions each day.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13

The third annual session of the
Grand Lodge OF the Theatrical Mechan-
les OF the United States was held in
Boston recently. This association
numbers 442, having initiated 112
members during the past year. The
right OF association is one of the great
rights of freemen, and there do not
seem to be any freemen alive now who
Are not exercising the right, Every
LAY some association, with supreme
and grand organizations, that not one
person in hundred ever heard of be-
fore, comes to the front in annual
meeting, and nearly al feel inclined to
make deadhead junketing expedition
to the Northwest, whose good citizens
are only too proud to lodge and feed
them without cost, under the mistaken
idea that very obscure and common
people, sporting very grand titles, can
materially help or harm, their simple
entertainers.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13
Government Crop Report.

The moist and hot weather following tho
Is OF July has caused some damage to spring
wheat in the Northwest, mainly in WiscOn
sin and Minnesota, while generally noticed
effects are variously reported, prominent
counties returning from 100 to S5-in q
few cases down to 60 and 4S-the latter
in the case OF Pierce county, Wisconsin.
Most OF the great wheat counties in Mime
sofa report the average from IS to 80,
though Dodge returns only so. Some Of
the less important make an average of CO.
The reduction in the prospective yield is
greatest in Minnesota, amounting to nine
points. The decline is five in Wisconsin,
four in Iowa and one in Dakota. There is
an increase in the other territories and in
New England. The average decline is four
points, and indicates reduction of 6,OOO,-
600 of bushels from the expectation on the
LIST OF July. No reports concerning the re-
suit OF threshing of winter wheat arc re-
ceived, except in the South. In Texas the
outcome is greater than was expected, and
higher rates of yield are reported.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13
The Guardian, chief of English relig-

The Guardian, chief of English relig
ious newspapers, can only describe the
series of papers in the Pail Mall Ga
zette as q gross violation of public de-
cency. awe accept the editors assur
ance rs to the excellence of his mo-
tive" says the Guardian. "It is the
common plea Of those who claim the
right to do evil that good may come.
But the truth of the revelations is
really nothing to the purpose. What
may be rightly said in q court of JUS
tice might not be rightly said in the
family. That these papers will have
abundant and permanent results is
probable enough; but they will be
found i'll imaginations polluted, and
in thoughts turned to a subject which,
as experience shows but to surely, has
for many minds an unexpected and
terrible fascination"
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13
Chicago had q tremendous flooding

Chicago had tremendous flooding
a. short time ago. The rainfall in
three days was the greatest on
record. The fall was 80 great and
rapid that the sewers were unable to
carry off the volume of water. THIS
superintendent of sewers is of the opin-
ion that the flushing OF the sewers will
prove beneficial thoroughly purging
them, thus proving beneficial to the
public health. Thousands of rats
poured from the sewers and Easements
as the water began to fill up the cor"
duits. The Cinnamon, all ofwhom Or
cupy deep Easements, were driven out.
Numberless families were forced to
leave the easements in which they lived
AND seek for temporary lodging in
apartments above the level OF the
streets. All that portion of the city
west of Ashland avenue and south of
Twelfth street was covered with water
to the depth of over two feet: This is
due to the fact that this portion ofthe
.ity is about four feet lower than the
moro improved portion.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13
Personal News Notes.


William P: Hulbert prominent and
wealthy resident of Cincinnati, died at
Waukesha, Wis:
Ex-Vice President Wheeler ia q great sui
ierer from insomnia and is trying to get rest
at Richtield Springs, N. Y.
Hon. Edward Henry Smith died at his
residence at Smithtown, L. l., recently, OF
old age. He was congressman during the
war.
Mrs. Garfield is said to have a great aver
sion to newspaper men and to have per-
mitted no secular newspapers in her house
for several months.
Gen. Russell Hastings, who is seriously i'll
on the Bermuda Islands,, married in 1878
Miss Emily Platt, the neice and adopted
daughter OF ex:President Hayes.
Richard X; Fox, proprietor of the New
York Police Gazette, was married in Lon
don to Miss bod OF Bro oklyn. The couple
went to Paris to spend the honeymoon.
Ex-Gov. Chancey Cleveland Of Connecti-
cut broke his arm a few days ago, and
about the same time, old ex-Gov. Dillins-
ham OF New Hampshire, aged eighty six fell
down and broke his Leg:
Frank Moore of Washington pl esentAd to
Col. Fred Grant the pair OF houlder-strape
worn by his father when promoted from
tO4OnoA w uHlSbuI0L AoACl1Is IVY "oIc
presented to Mr.. Moore by Gen. Babcock.
They were made OF heavy gold braid with a
silver eagle in the center and are of The
largest regulation size.
Capt. John NJ. Forshey, of the Galveston,
Tex, artillery, died suddenly from eonges-
ton of the brain, aged forty years. Capt.
FOrshey personally supervised firing the
salutes in memory of Gen. Grant, and it is
thought the excitement incidental to the
occasion superinduced his death. Deceased
was q son of the late Prof Forshey of New
Orleans He was a lieutenant in the Con-
federate army.
Moro Phillips died at the Monmouth
house, Spring Lake, Texas, aged seventy-tive
years. He was one Of the largest real en-
tate owners in Texas. Many years ago he
was shipw1 q. ked on the coast of Texas,
and was so delighted with the country that
he bought large tract of land and erected
the first house upon the ground where the
city Of Galveston now stands. His fortune
is estimated at $6,O0O;OOO. j.
Judge Joel Foster died at his home in
River Falls, Wis.,, Sunday morning from
wounds received Friday afternoon when he
was gored by an enraged bull. The judge
was prominent figure in the history Of
River Falls, being the pioneer settler in
1S4S, and having lived there since that
time. He WAS the first county Judge of
Pierce county. He was a lieutenant anl
auartermaster during the Mexican war.
He was in his seventy-frat year at the time
Of his death,
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13

Advance sheets of Poor's Railroad
Manual for 1885, show that at the
close of 1884 there were in the United
States 1925, $50 miles OF railroad. The
additional Yti;Ss system, including an
sidings and double track, and rolli7hiss
stock, was $6,924, 554, 444, or some
thing over fifty-fve thousand dollars
per mile. The roads represented, how
ever, a total Investment of $780,
309,O54, OF which $3,962,616,Gs6
was capital stock, $1,000, 115,772
bonds, and the balance unfunded debt.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13

The San Francisco Daily Report,
contains an official account OF an in
vestigation of Chinatown, with q plat
OF the city, which rivals in disgusting
details the revelations made by the
Pail Mnll Gazette of the traffic in
young girls in London. The youth
of the whole city is poisoned from this
sink of iniquities, and q strenuous
effort is to be made to suppress its
worst features. No imagination OF
Sodom and Gomorrnh, can equal the
vileness of the Chinesein San Francisco
where they ore left to themselves, in
their own quarters.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13
Mark Twain and Grant.

death is Mark Twain. He is the principal
in the firm OF Webster & Co., the publishers
of Grants biography. He has already re-
ceived orders from the army Of canvassers
for 800, 900, and he expects to finally sell
$780, 900 here and in Europe. The retail
price is IS, the share to agents and middle
men 50, the royalty to the Grant family
IS cents, the cost of manufacturing and de-
livery, $3.50, leaving Is cents clear to
Twain and his partner. The shrewd humor-
list had to risk his entire fortune in the
enterprise, but he pluckily refused to shirk
the chances of loss by dividing the possible
profits, and the net result to him and his
partner will be a quarter to a third of
million dollars. Mark was q very solemn
and decorous attendant at the funeral.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13
Shaking up Shoulder Straps.

Washington, Special:-The war depart
ment's recent order will make connection
among those officers of the army who have
been serving continuously for so many
eral officers This order directs that no
officer shall fill any staff appointment or
other detail the duties of which would de-
tach him from his company, regiment or
corps until he has served at least three
years with his regiment, and then no officer
shall remain so detached longer than four
years unless assigned to special duty by the
war department. The order further directs
that all officers below the rank of major
who have been absent from their regiments
or corps for four years or more shall join
their departments or corps as soon as pos
sible. This order will affect most OF the Of
ficers now serving on the stats OF general
officers, some Of whom have been contin-
uously absent from their regiments for per.
iods from ten to eighteen years.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13
Foreign Gossip.

Lord Wolseley resumes the position OF
| adjutant general, which he held prior to
| the Soudan campaign.
Hon. j. A. Chapleau, secretary of state
! for Canada, is in Paris seriouly ill, and I'M
der the care of physicians.
Messrs. Lemiux and Fitzpatrick of Quebec
will return to Winnipeg on the Goth inst, to
plead Riel's appeal to the Manitoba court
OF the Queens bench.
A sensation has been caused in high cir
| cles in the City of Mexico by the arrest OF a
| lady implicated in a former conspiracy
against the government.
Mr.. C. Massey, C. E. OF the Canadian
Pacific railway, is engaged in making some
| additional surveys in connection with the
| proposed bridge across the st. Lawrence
at Lachine.
The English admirals, Hewett, Hoskins
| and Hopkins, declared at banquet 81 ven
| by the Empire club, in London, that the
British navy, despite it's failngs, was equal
| to those OF any two other nations COM
| bined.
| Mr.. Gladstone had determined to take
his vacation in the United States, but he
remembered that if he came here he would
have to use his voice in public speaking,
and this led him to change his plans and SO
he went to Norway.
The case of cholera at Bristol, Eng, where
| a sailor from Marseilles was reported i'll OF
the disease recently has not produced the
slightest alarm. The man has been perfect
~ isolated and every possible care taken to
| suppress all chance OF contagion.
A meeting of agents of all steamship lines
was held in Liverpool, with the view Of call
| ing conference OF agents Of all steamship
lines in the United Kingdom, The meeting
resolved to propose an increase in the
steerage rate to America of FL, and to ar
range minimum rate for freight.
The bishop of Topaz, in a letter to the
president OF Peru, declared that the pro-
gress of Free Masonry was an evidence Of
shameless neglect Of duty on the part OF the
government, and he called upon the presi-
dent to suppress the order. In reply, the
| president said that freedom OF thought
should be supported.
The panic caused by the rapid spread Of
cholera in Spain is increasing. Entire viii
lagos have been deserted by their inhabit-
ants, who have fed for safety from the
disease: In many cases doctors and
municipal authorities have been attacked
by the scourge, and the sick have been
abandoned and left unburied. At several
places it is impossible to obtain pro visions
or medicines. The misery throughout the
country isgreat.
The Emperor Francis Joseph and EN-
press Elizab beth arrived at Gaffrain recent
ly. The Emperor William received them at
the entrance OF Badeschloss with greetings
| Of affection, kissing the Austrian emperor
three times. William wore an Austrian
uniform, and Francis Joseph wore a Prus-
sian uniform. The town is illuminated and
thronged with people heartily cheering the
| emperors. The two emperors made a tour Of
the town to view Examinations. They re.
! ceived perfect ovation.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13
Grants Old War Horse.

Gen. Grants favorite war horse, Cincin-
natl, is to have an honored sepulture aa
well as his master. His bone now lie on
Admiral Ammen'g farm, near Washington,
where he died some years ego: They are
al e Ss Ad%fa 4%%en ' ssy a
Cincinnati was the finest horse he ever rode:
Grants love for him was very great He
once loaned him to Admiral Ammen to ride
to the front at Richmond, to inspect the
lines: When the admiral returned Gen.
Grants first question was not what he
thought of'the lines, but what he thotght
of the horse. Cincinnati had almost human
intelligence, and Gen. Grant used to direct
Though he; escaped the risk of the battle
field, he broke his leg on Admiral 'An1hen's
farm and was shot. .
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13
The Ear1'1er.
BERGMAN l. WILSON, Proprietors.
7ADENA, M1NNESOiA'

Ohio has new law requiring all ex-
ecutions to take place within thewalls
of the State penitentiary at Columbus,
in the presence of only few witnesses.
The first hanging under the new law
took place flew days ago, and was con.
Quoted decently and in q mechanical
point OF view most successfully. Pub
lie opinion undoubtedly approves this
law and will never permit it's repeal,
unless for a very good reason, which
certainly has not yet been suggested.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13
How Gen. Grants Funeral Day Was Oh.
served.

How Gen. Grants Funeral Day Was OBJ
served.
While New York had the greatest pageant
of moderd times-which those who wit-
messed it will never forget-nearly all the
large cities and towns OF the country, man.
Tested their respect for the memory Of the
dead general and President, in ways most
appropriate to the occasion, generally I'M
der the leadership OF the Grand Army ofthe
Republic. In St. Paul, besides grand pro-
cession, decorations, ETC., addresses
were delivered at the State capitol by
F. Drake, Rev. NJ. N. Gilbert, and H. A.
Castle. The celebrations at Minneapolis
was about the same as elsewhere, the prin-
cipal speakers being ex-confederate Gen.
Thomas L. RAISER, Bishop Foss, and Hon.
e. NJ. Wilson. AtWinona, Mimi, addresses
were made by Judge Mitchell. Rev.
DR.. John, DR.. Sheardown, Hon. Thorn
as Simpson and o. B: Gould: Thespeakers
at Red Wing were Hon. w. c. Willisto,
Rev. William Mckinley, Rev. DR.. Hobart.
Col. Colvill and E. NJ. Wilson. At Brainerd
an address was made by Hon. B. Graf
Brown OF Mo-, Hon. A. C. Hickman spo;
at Owatonna. At Fargo the speeches
made by Judge J. E. West, Gen. H. Ca;
hart, Ex-Gov. Austin and Gov. Pierce.
Bismarck, the services lncluded addresst
by Post Commander Hughes, Col. Willia1
Thompson, Revs. Clare and Austin anf
Col. Bentley. at Dubuque, Iowa,
brief addresses were delivered by Col.
Henderson, Col. D. E. Lyon, H. B. Fonke,
DR.. Staples, A. Y: Mcdonald, DR.. p. A.
Guilbert and Hon. j. X. Graves. At Hele-
"a, Mon, the orators of the occasion we're
Senator Harrison of Indiana. Senator
Jones of Arkansas, Delegate in Con-
gress Toole, ex-Delegate Maginnis
e. D. Weed and A. j. Craven. At Madi-
son, Wis, addresses were delivered by Con-
gresham R. NJ. La Toilette, Judge H. S.
Norton Gen. David Atwood, Burr w. Jones,
Gen. A. C. Parkinson, E. A. Reyes, Prof. J.
D. Butler, Col. E. E: Warner, Gen: George
E. Bryant, George w. Raymer and Rev. DR..
G. B. Richards. At Augusta, Me-, James G.
Blaine made an elaborate speech.
At the south the day wa:
observed the same as at the north.
At Louisville addresses were delivered by
Col. R. NJ. Nelly, (FederaD, Cen. Basil w.
Duke (Confederate), Mason Brown (Feder-
ally, Maj. w. J. Davis (Confederate) and
Capt. Thomas Speed (FederaD.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13
Casualty Record.

A fire at Alkali, Or, did $4,000 worth
OF damage, and one man was fatally injured.
The houses and barns of Mrs. Benja min
Rodgers and Andrew Stone, in Columbia,
Oak, were burned. Mr.. Stones loss is
placed at 81 900, without insurance. Mrs.
Rodgers places her loss at $1,7OO, with
$500 insurance in the Springfield.
While painting the dial of the clock on a
church tower at Grand Rapids, Mich,
John Fox and Fred Schuur were thrown to
the ground, seventy feet, by the 'scaEold
getting away from them. Fox was killed
outright, and the other died in a few hour
A fire at Leavenworth, Kansas, burned
North & Co.'S large oat meal mill, ana the
entire building and contents were Destroy
ed. Loss, SIS, 900; fully insured. Collin &
Noyes' wholesale boot and shoe store adj
joining was badly damaged by fire and wa
ter Their loss is $4,000; insured. The
Daily Times building was injured.
The schooner James A. Garfield, twenty
six days from the Arctic region, arrived at
London with the news that the bark Ma
poleon OF New Bedford has been crushed in
the ice and twenty-five lives lost, including
that Of w. Rogers OF New Bedford, first Of
ficer, and Thomas Pease, same place, third
officer. The Gazelle Of San Francisco was
also crushed in the ice.
The Northern Pacific farmer. [volume] (Wadena, Minn.) 1878-1885, 1885-08-13

tachc and gOatee looking like chalk marks
on his burned face, arrived.
PORTRAITS OF THE DEAD GENERAL
were everywhere. They represented him at
all periods of his life, from lieutenant to
recent years. The absence Of drapery on
many of the private residences along Fifth
avenue was noticeable. It was due to the
absence of the householders from the city.
There were many signs of mourning to-day
aside from the decoration of buildings.
There were black bordered flags on many
street cars; and black plun}es nodded above
the ears of rough cart horses. A colored boot
black on an uptown corner had covered his
stand with black, and had painted ip rude
letters on piece of cardboard: eHe set me
free" Another bootblack down on the
Bowery had wrapped the arms of his rickety
old chair with alternate strips of black and
white 1t was a common thing to see black
streamers hung above fruit stands and news
paper booths. The building for whose
decoration the most money was prob
ably spent was the city hall, where
the body lay in state. The building is itself
INTELLECTUALLY one of the finest in the city,
and the wide space in front permits good
view of it's facade. The work was skillfully
done and the decorations ira nsformed the
white marble pile into temple of mourning:
The effect was marred by two stanzas OF
ridiculous doggerel which Commissioner
Squires had written and inflicted on the
public under the delusion that it was poetry.
The picture of Gen. Grant in front of the
city hall is said to be the largest photograph
ever taken. Worked in white 6n q black
ground were many designs oil over the city.
A broken pillar, q cross. sword and pen,
sheaves of wheat and sickles and gates ajar
were most favored Anotations fl ON Grants
famous sayings, in white letters upon black,
were frequent, and poetry worked in the
same manner were almost as abundant Let
one Of these quotations serve to end this
description:
And the night dew that falls, though IN silence
It veeps,
Shall brighten with verdure the grave where he
sleeps:
And the tear that we shed, though in secret it
rolls,
Shall long keep his memory green in our souls
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1885-01-16
AGENTS WANTED!

AGENTS! This grand book Is out selling all others
dore and wish Godspeed We have many lady agents
who have sold 600 in their respective townships We
want few good agentsmen womenn this vicinity at
once. We give Extra Terms and pay freight Now s the
tine to make money Our Circulars, giving Special Terms,
A. ID. WORTnINGTON a. CO., Hartford. Conn.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1885-01-16

In the mountains that surround P

In the mountains that surround Port
Jervis live a strange class Of people.
They live in log huts and board shan
ties, surrounded with filth. The men
are wood-choppers, while tho women
and children make baskets and pick
berries that are sold in tho ncighboring
villages. They are all thieves. One OF
their peculiarities is their idea of the
marriage laws. When man gets tired
Of his wife he goes to another part of
the mountains and takes another, and
It does not seem to make any difference
whether the wife he takes is married or
not.s While camping out with a party
your correspondent met an old hunter
who lived with a woman who was
known to be the wife of another man.
He said he left his first wife in the Sus-
sex county, New Jersey, poor-house
last spring, and that he came to Hugue-
not and met the woman with whom he
was living. Her husband was living
with sister of the old hunter, nearby.
A little further ON was found an old
man living with his granddaughter, and
she had a child which she claimed was
his. Another man was living with his
own sister. These people seem to have
no fear of the law, and are densely ig-
norant. Their children are never sent
to school, but are taken to town and
taught to steal. "
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1885-01-16
The Wise Mule.
New Orleans Tinles-Democrat.]

NEW orleans IlmeS-Democrar.J
During a chat with the foreman of the
street-car stables, James E. Barry, tht
subject turned to a discussion of thu
characteristics of horses and mules. Iii
has been close student of both, and the
result of his experience is that the mule
is entitled to the highest rank in Sd
sacity.
Mr.. Barry went on to say that the
superiority of the mule is shown in his
absolute refusal to put his foot in a hole
in a bridge or crossing. Horses seem tc
endeavor to find a hole, if there is any
lying around, and break their legs. This
the mule will not do, nor can he be
forced to advance if he thinks there is
danger. 'The horse" said Mr. Barry,
has more courage, the mulc more
sense"
1t has been an amusing study at one
of the stables to watch a sly, mischiev-
GUS little mule that is rather too fond of
liberty. 1t seems that the mules are
fastened to their stalls by chain, on
the end Of which is crosspieee Of iron,
which is slipped lengthwise through a
hole in che stall, and when extended
crosswise over the hole prevents the
chain being withdrawn. This mule,
when standing in his manager, with his
teeth and tongue manages to slip the
cross-piece attached to the chain out of
the hole, and then cautiously backs
out the full length of the chain
and surveys the field. If there be a
stablemen in sight, he re-enters the stall
and waits demurely till the coast is
clear, when he comes out quickly and
makes dash of liberty and the street.
Sometimes it requires all hands to catch
him and bring him back.
In the yard of one of the downtown
stables there is post to which four
mules are generally tied after being
c'lrried. There was recently one mule
there that was fond of slipping its chain
tag through the ring in the post, and
then, to allow it's mates to share in its
liberty he loosened the others. This he
did SO often he had to be closely
watched.