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The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1885-08-21

The Culver for june.
"Driye gently over the stonesls
This piece Of advice, which is frequent
ly given to inexperienced whips, mar
be respectfully suggested to tbs newly
married. There are stony places on
the road to happiness, which. if not
carefully driven over, may upset the do
nestle coach. The first rock ahead
which should be marked dangerous"
is she first year o; married life. Here,
especially, is the first step that costs;
as a rule, the first year either mars or
makes a marriage. During this period
errors may be committed which VIII
cast a shadow over every year that fol.
lows.
On awakening from sleep we feel put
ont and rather cross. May not the
young husband and wife experience
feelings not entirely different when
they awake TO reality from tho
dreams OF courtship and the fascination
Of the honeymoon? Everything must
once more be contemplated at the ordi.
nary manner Of tile world, once more
with subdued feelings spoken OF, con-
sidered, and settled. For the first
time, husband and wife see each other
as they actually are. Each bring Ger
tain pecularities into the married state
to which the other has to grow accns
toned. They have now no longer to
live for themselves, but for each others
and the lesson ii spot learned in q mo-
ment. In all things Indifferent the hus
band and wife must be willing to yield.
however new it may be to them, how
ever different from what they them
selves thought. Self must be sacrificed
IN order thereby to gain the help q
another beloved existence. a lady
once asked DR.. johnson how in his
Dictionary he came to define pastsrn
the knee Of q horse; he Immediately
answered, Ignorance, madame, pure
ignorance This il simply the explA
nation of many an accident that takes
place at the commencement OF the mat.
rimonial journey. The young coupb
have not yet learned the dangerous
places OF the road, ard, as 4 conse-
quence, they drive carelessly over them
ar
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10
Manufacture of Peppermint Oil.

A correspondent writing from Wayne
county, New York, to the department
of agriculture at Washington, gives an
account of the production of pepper
mint oil in that region. There are
about 5000 acres of land annually de-
voted to the production of this useful
and essential oil in Wayne and adioin-
ing counties, which is considered the
finest quality grown in the United
States. The annual production is co.
600 pounds Of oil. It is planted very
early in the spring, and the harvest be-
gins in August. After cutting the mint
is allowed to wither for eight or ten
hours, and it is then raked and placed
in cocks, where it can be left but q short
time before being taken to the. still.
The still consists of wooden tubs, and
the wilted mint is packed in the. tubs by
treading with the feet; when full a cover
is fitted tightly over the top of the
tub. and the mint is then steamed by
means of q pipe which connects the
lower part Of the tub with a steam
boiler. Peppermint is sometimes care
lessly cultivated, and various weeds al
lowed to grow among it. wlichifstilled
with it will give impure oil. The strict
ly pure oil produced in Wayne and
adjoining counties is refined at Lyons,
n. Y, and sent out In bottles made for
the purpose, duly branded and labeled.
The actual cost. of producing and re.
fining it is from 50 to So per sound
st. Louis Globe-D Democrat.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10
rr1ghtfu1 Earthauakes In Europe.

Madrid Special: 1t is reported that 900
persons are buried beneath the ruins of the
buildings of Abuneales. Three churches at
A%ntiquera are left in a lettering condition.
The inhabitants have escaped into the fields.
A fatal landslide occurred in mountain near
Periana, and destroyed many houses which
stood in its path, and buried forty Eight per-
sons. Eighteen were rescued alive. 1'ele-
graph lines in Adalusia arc useless IN conse-
quehce of the earthquake. In Malaga the loss
exceeds $4,000. Twenty-seyon houses were
damaged moro or less. After the earth
quake there vas a religious procession
headed by a bishop who implored d-
vine mercy. There were renewed shocks
in various places afterward and further damage
at Cordova. The inhabitants are in a panic.
Vienna Cable: A violent earthquake shock
was experienced in Corinthia to-day. 1t is
impossible to get the real damage done, but it
is reported great, Several persons are known
to have been killed, while rumor has it that the
fatility is very large. Buildings were racked
and many damaged. A panic among tho pop
ulace is the result, and many persons refuse to
re- enter their dwellings. Thousands of per-
sons are on the street andin open spaces, fear
ing a REPETITION of the shock. Tho panic was
heightened by the reports of the recent upheav-
ais in Spain wherein nearly q Thousand persons
are said to have persisted and unestimated
damage done to property.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10
asn. GRANTS Had cona,,so..

New York Special: A reporter who visited
Gen. Grant found him still suffering q great
deal from the accident to his leg a year ago.
shave not been at all we'll of late" he said,
"My throat has bothered mo q great deal fol-
months past A couple of weeks aeo it was so
bad that I was unable to speak"
When Questioned about the statement con-
corning his financial affairs, he said:
1t is in the main true. While Gen. Sherman
did call on me, neither he nor l mentioned the
subject, On leaving me the general had a long
afterward that my son told me that the general
mad spoken to him about my affairs. Iwould
not for the world say o word that would re-
fleet Mr.. Vanderbilt. He has all along
acted IN a most honorable and straightforward
manner toward me. He has certainly shown q
very generous disposition.
1T seems too bad, general, to think that you
should DO deprived of all your property, inclu-
ding all the mementoes that you have been &C
cumulatimg for years. But do YOU not think
that your friends will come to your r%ellef?"
ltestlns ms elbows Oh the desk before him,
the general partially hid his face in his hands
and seemed agitated as he replied:
so l am perfectly willing to make whatever
Indebtedness. What Mr.. Field has done in tie
premises do not know. I have not seen him
in about a year. l would rather not saw any-
thing on the subject myself.
cyrus w. Field, Stephen B. Elkins, and
Ham llton Fish, who was Gen. Grants secre-
tnary of state, held a meeting at Mr.. Fields Of
ice for the further consideration of the plan
on foot to le!iayo the ex-president of his debt
Of 100000 to William H. Vanderbilt. Al Mr..
reds suggestion MI. Fish had drawn up a
subscription paper on which several gentlemen
have already placed their names opposite 81, GOO
subscriptions. Mr.. Elkins had a long confer
ence with General Grant recently, at which
the question OF whether Gen. Grant can be
have been discussed. It is said here that
whatever fund is raised will be placed in the
fNds Of trustees. If it were paid to Mr..
"; .arbilt direct, as was the original intention
ana lie property released: it might be subject
AZ once to an attachment by the other creditors
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10

Cremation rs q substitute for burial
Of the dead is rapidly gaining adherents
in various parts of the world. DIR.
John o. Marble of Worcester has re-
Gently read before the Worcester Asso-
citation for Medical Improvement an in
structive essay upon cremation, which
embodies the fruit of much historical
research. DR.. Marble considers the
question from historical, religious or
theological, sentimental and economi-
cal standpoints, meeting possible OBJ
%jections and, at the same time, showing
the advantages of the crematory over
the burial system. That we must come
to it he fully believes. There are now
societies of its advocates in almost ev-
cry civilized country, including thirty
seven in Italy, one at Copenhagen with
1000 members, in Holland with 1000
members, in Paris with 600 members,
in Berlin, Stockholm, London, Dresden,
Rio Janeiro, New York, st. Louis,
Louisville, San Francisco and New
Orleans.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10
Acquitted Man Hanged in lou.

Near the town of Blakesburg, Iowa, fifteen
miles west of Ottumwa, Pleasant Anderson
was hanged by eight masked men. In Novem-
Der, 1882, near Blakesburg, Chris McAllister
was murdered at his residence. A few months
thereafter Anderson was arrested for the muir
and finally, one year ago, at Oskaloosa, his
trial took place, lasting two weeks. There
was a strong array of circumstantial evidence
AGAINST him, but he was acquitted. A very
strong conviction prevailed at blakesburg that
he was guilty. Bad feeling has prevailed,
ana the other night he was seized at the house
of his father-in-law, taken in a sled to. q
school house, q kind of mock trial had before
q jury Of eight mon, and by them sentenced to
be hanged. Nearly a hundred persons had gath
cred at the school house, among WHOM he
seemed to have no defender, and they took him
to the scene of the murder of McAllister and
hanged him to q limb of a cottonwood tree. He
protested his innocence to the last The body
was left hanging for. over two hours and finally
taken down by order of a magistrate who, went
to the scene, and the coroner was sent for.
From the temper of the crowd it was evident
that they would brook no interference.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10
.-.averse-wi,mot Row.

Fargo Argus: In an interview with an Ar
gus reporter, W. W. Bowers, one of the prison.
ers from Wilmot, gave a short synopsis of the
county seat trouble in Roberts county. He
said that 643 votes We're cast in all, giving
W1lmot a majority of 1874 for county seat
When me county commissioners met and can
vassed the election returns, they threw out the
vote Of Lake and Garfield districts, amounting
70 ~ 81, Which would give Traverse a majority
OF 50. Before the board of canvassers got
through their work a mandamus was served
on the commissioners, but as the papers were
defective new ones were made out, but the
commissioner had gone across the line to
MN When tile residents of Wilmot
and vicinity heard of the actions of the com
mlssioners, they left for Traverse Norty-one
men IN alp and took the safe and records to
lMllmot, where they remain at the present
time; Mr.. Bowers, the druggist, is one Of the
with interfering with the United States mail.
d further her says that no violence was used by any
stopped the buggy containing the mail. H. H.
Hougey, judge Of probate, another of the pris-
oners, was in bed at the time the buggy was
stopped. W."
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10

There is something fascinating in the
dividend-paying possibilities of ship
canals. The tonnage passing through
the Suez ditch is 5000, 900 a year, and
the amount is increasing so rapidly that
q second canal, or the enlargement of
the old II has become necessary. 1t
cost sos, 600, 900. The total tolls from
it the third year were So, 112, 900; but
in 1888 they had increased to $14 ,O00..
600. The dividend in 1882 was II per
cent, and it is predicted that in 1890
it will be 80 per cent. The shares are
worth $400. There is no method ofde
termining eve approximately how
many ships would pass through a Mica
ragua canal. The estimates range all
the way from 100000 to 1000, GOO
tons a yeat, the toll on which would he
s. $50 to So a ton.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10

According to elaborate enquiries
made by Bradstreets journal, the high
est business authority, in fifteen States
the total number of persons reported
out OF work due to shutting down of es-
Establishments to enforced reduction of
prices, OF to strikes in these states is
$4,000, or ID per cent. OF the whole
number busy in 1880. The estimate is
that since 1880 q gain of 10 per cent.
was made in the number of employed
in the above states, and that consequent
ly the BIC, 00Opersons employed amount
to nearly - per cent. of the whole.
However correct this estimate may be,
Bralstreet's concludes that the aggre-
gate of the unemployed in twenty-one
states is nearer $50, 900 than BIG, 900,
which would amount to over IA per
cent. of the number employed in 1880,
Or 13 per cent. of the number probably
at work in 1882.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10
Flu ,ther of the Raoine OWLS, r,r..

Workmen have been engaged removing the
debris from the site of the destroyed Blake
hotel and opera house at Racine, Wis, which
were totally destroyed by fire recently.
This work is being prosecuted very care
fully, and every particle is closely examin-
ed, as a great amount of valuable jewelry was
lost by the guests of the house. report that
found at the home of her sister, sent out by
special tel egrams to afternoon papers, is not
true. Mrs. Paterick, together with Mrs. and Mr..
Glover. of the "'Beggar Student" Opera COM
pany, persisted in the flames. Portions of
human bodies have been recovered from the
of loss, including building, stocks, per-
sonal effects, ETC., is now figured at sly7,-
500; insurance, $SS, 761. Officers of the opera
house company say the house will not be re-
built.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10
A Very Fragrant combinatiou.

Dallas, Texas, special.-Miss Grace Hard
ing Hammond, the daughter of Belle Boyd,
known as the 'Rebel Spy" was married in
this city recently to Ray Charters, an English
man, about twenty-one years of age, who
claims to be the earl of Linwood. For nearly
q year past Charters has been employed in
this city as an instructor i'll %elocution. The
bride is q daughter of Belle Boyd by her first
husband Harding, her mother having recently
obtained a divorce from her second husband,
John Hammond. In June last the .Baroness
Llnwood' startled this community by laying a
serious charge against a young banker of
Dallas. Her mother, Mrs. Hammond, deman-
ded pecuniary damages from the young banker,
falling to receive which the irate mother shot
and wounded the young man. 'tLord Charter
is" was q resident of Dallas at the time the
shooting occurred. Belle Boyd has formed a
comedy company, and announces that she, to-
gether with her daughter. ..ne baroness, and
her noble son-in-law wiz appear behind the
footlights in leading re!es.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10

A correspondent of the Mark Lane
Express, London, writing from Manito-
ba under date of Oct. 30, says that the
harvest in that portion of the Red river
valley IS more or less this year a disas-
trous failure. The months of May and
June were so dry that seed sown did not
germlnate. Then July came in so cold
that vegetation was chilled and could
not grow, hut toward the end of the
month the weather became warm, and
through August wheat grew rapidly;
but on the 9th q terrible cyclone
passed over the country, and hailstones
as large as hens eggs fell, causing wide
spread destruction and running the
grain. After this storm heavy rains
and thunder storms followed, the wealth
er became thoroughly demoralized, and
winter set in on the Doth of October.
No one but an idiot would expect any
better weather in q region like Manitoba
and yet thousands of persons have been
induced to go there and settle, with a
hope of making a living by farming.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10
Gopher Sympathy for Tenaerfeet.

Moorhead Minn.) News: There is an occa-
slonal down-ea ster that finds his way to the
beautiful fig growing Red River valley. If they
drop III in the winter season they are frozen to
death before they leave the platform of the
special car. Two Union City, Mich, men
came to town. One of them is a full-fedged
Dakotlan and does not mind a little fresh pure
ar. The other is a prominent lawyer, used to
damp swampy ali, which is q prod1cto of Michi-
gan. The first thing after leaving the cars in
Moorhead, this attorney placed his hands to
his cars and declared they were frozen. He
did not see how anybody could live in this
dod gasted country. The facts are that the
MGR ury was only So blow ze.o and tie sun
was shining as bright as a Lake George dia-
mond; the air was as pure as homemade but
ter with the wig left out; the gentle Zephyrs
were singing their key note melodies; each
drug soc was selling an unusual large amount
OF fly aper; every female seen Oh the street
mad a fan AID parasol attachment; every live
dude was wearing a linen duste. and knee
breeches; COIL and wood were o drug on the
market, yet this lawyer was cold. How a
ACCOMPLISHMENTS sympathy reaches out for
such poor fellows. What a pity it is that they
are obliged to live in a cold, damp country like
Michigan. Poor fellow; poor fellow.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10

The commission appointed to fix on
a fair price for the land overlooking
niagara falls, have reported that they
have appraised the property at $1,4OO,-
600. The wne claimed an aggregate
value of S., OO0, 900, but most of them
acquiesee in the appTaisement of the
commission. The New York legislature
will be asked to appropriate the sum
named, and it is probable that a bill to
that effect will pass. If so, the visitors
to this unparalleled natural wonder will
have free access to the banks of the
chasm and the islands above the falls.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10
Business in Canada is more depress

Business in Canada is more depress-
ed than it has been for several years.
Latest statistics show that while many
factories have not been closed, q large
number of men are unemployed and
others on shor' &me. The reduction in
wages average 25 per cent. In the
provinces of Ontario alone there are
about seventy-tive factories idle and sew
eral only partially i'll operation. In the
factories in operation there are about
2,50J thrown out Of employment, and
those closed leave about 5000 idle.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10
Another Pre- at Pierre, Oak.

Especial from Prerrle of the 29th says:-A
terrible fire is now raging, and one entire block
on Pierre street is in flames. The mercury is
20 below zero and all the pumps are frozen
solid, audit is impossible to control the flames.
At the present writi1E the stores of Richard
son & Hollenbeck, 7. Narup, Cavanaugh, r. d.
Jones, T. II. johnson, Sam Goodwin, Parkes'
billiard hall and a dozen smaller buildings are
in flames. Buildings are beirg torn down to
stay the elements. The loss will exceed 500,
COO at the present time. There will be great
suffering. The present fire is directly OPP.
posite the site of the ono of Sept. II, in which
an entire block was wiped out of existence
and the loss reached 500, 900.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10
Big Fire at Canton, Ohio.

Fire broke out in the annealing room of the
malleable iron works, at Canton and before
the department could respond the entire east
end Of the works was in flames. The fire
burned fercely and six streams thrown on it
were almost useless. Within an hour the en-
tire works were IN a blaze and great fears were
entertained about the safety of the Deibold
Safe and Lock works and Peerless Reaper
works adjoining; but the fire was finally con-
trollcd without the flame spreading any fur
ther. The building and machinery We're val
surance, $lOO,0 600. The works were owned by
Ebell, Gillian & Co.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10
Gen. Hazen In His Element.

Washington Special: Gen. Hazen, chief signal
officer, has submitted to the secretary of war
charges against Assistant Adjutant General
McKeever for having made dsrogatory remarks
concerning the management of the recent arc
tic expedition. The charges relate entirely to
Gen. McKeever's alleged comment on the
ence is made in them to what Gen. McKeever
is alleged to have said of the chief signal Off
Ger. The secretary of war has recommitted to
tho chief signal oficor the charges preferred by
him against Sergeant Otto Holtnorth, of the
Ger and q gentleman in having tempered with
the private mail of Lieut.. Greedy, with instruc-
tons to detail a court martial for his trial.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10

Jacob Avery was owner and operator Of the
Greenbush, sheboygan county, Wis, grist-mlll.
On Christmas day, his family missing him,
his son vent into the mill to look for him, when
Mr.. Avery's mangled remains were found in the
basement He had undoubtedly been in IL
set screw on the main shaft and whirled
about till his legs and arms were broken, and
his head pounded to a jelly. The remains
were completely shorn Of clothing, and the
mill was running unattended
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10
Edward H. johnson, a New YorE

Edward H. johnson, a New YorE
electrician of high reputation, declares
that the decisive problems in the sub
stltution of electricity for steam as mo
tive power have already been solved.
and that the work which remains is onl,
the perfection of the new system in de
tails. Enough electricity can be pro
-duced. and at sufficiently low cost, to
satisfactorily perform the work now &C.
complished by steam, and the regula-
ton of the electric force is very easily
effected.
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10
SUMMARY OF NEWS OF THE WEEK,
RAILROAD CONSTRUCTION.

Record OF the Number of Miles BUILT In All
the States and Observation-Disclosures
Mention.
Advance sheets Of the Railway Age show
the following records Of railway construc-
ion for the year 1884:
The Dickinson press., 1885-01-10

The states and territories showing the
greatest additions to their mileage are Iowa
and Minnesota, each 279 miles, Dakota
269. Pennsylvania 252, Mississippi 21G.
Wisconsin 224 and Oregon 21S. In the
others the increase runs from i to 100
mics. The number of lines reported is 1856.
against 257 last year, and the average ex.
tension is only a little over 20 miles to each
load
COMPARATIVE TABLE.
The following table shows the compare.
tive railway mileage for the past ten Years:
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1885-04-07
WASHINGTON, OHIO AND WESTERN X. Il
WINTER ARRANGEMENT,

WINTER AkRa
FOUR TRAINS DAILY BETWEEN ALEXAN
DRIA AND ROUND HILL
Leave Washington at 8 % u. III. and 4 20 =. II.
and Alexandria at 8 33 e. m. and ! 81 p. III. Pass
Leesburg, going westward, 1T u 10 p. II. and
7 10 p. m, and arrive at Round Hill st O5 p.
n. and "a p. m. Leave Rou.d Hill Ut 4 40 a.
N. and 50 p. NJ. Pass Leesburg, going east
ward, at 5 35 g. III. ana % p. M, and arrive At
Alexandria at 8 - a. and . % p. H.. and =!
Washington at % a. M. aud 80 p. III.
SUNDAY TRAINS.
Leave Washington at s O5 p. H., Alexandria at
10 p. III. Pass Lcesburg, going westward, ut
10 40 p. III. Arrives ct Round Hill at II 26 p. III.
Ga1~ Passengers from Washington will take the
Wash, Ohio and West'n. cars at the Baltimore and
Potomac Railroad station 1t 9:25 q. nj. and 425 p
M, and go through to Round Hill without change
of cars.
Tho 9:33 a. IL. train from Alexandria and 1:O5
PIN. train from Round Hill connect at Round Hill
with Daily Line Of Coaches for Snickcrsvile Der.
ryvillc and Winchester also with Line of Coache,
which leave Leesburg daily for Aldic and Middle.
burg.
Both trains, Westward, make close councillors
at Vienna, with Sissons Line Of Stages for Fairfax
Court House.
One thousand mile communication tickets, bear
ing two names 500; ono thousand mile tickets,
bearing ali tho names of family or members of
firm, $40.
Alexandria Oct. 81, 1884.
S. NJ BROPHY. Supt.