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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19
DesEsrado Wanted,

pes MONIES SpeciaE Acasein which there
u VI 900 reward offered has been agitatino
police circles Tor the last few days. Oct. 80
a bold robbery was committed at Madison
Wis, and one L. b. Stewart was suspected
and :ornered by the Madison police, When
an officer went to arrest him 10 deGea the
law and shot the officer down. Stewart ca,
capped, but the popular Indignation was
intense, sad in thirty minutes 81, 900 had
heep subscribed a q reward, $500 for
stewart AID 5000 Tor the recovery oiabont
ss,ooo worth OF iewelry which had been
stolen. There was a woman in the coss
and she was traced to Des Moines. h
a .found n finally induced to tel ali
she knew, which was not % much use In
solving the whereabouts OF Stewart hut
the sheriff tbInks the woman traced hero
will lie g good witness, and he has started
back with her to Madison.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19
rhe lerislatnro Of Measurements.

The legislature of Massachusetts,,
the coming winter, win be called upon
to pass a bill requiring corporations,
except possibly railroads, to square
up with their help once In seven days,
aud also a bill to change the civil SER
vice act by exempting war veterans
from It's operation. These wereprom.
inent subjects before the last legis-
lature, but were defeated by small
majorities. The members OF the new
legislature we're elected with direct ref
erelce to these matters, and it is
claimed that the chances are in their
favor this year.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19

The Carson mint in Nevada is closed
for lack OF material for coinage, and
it Is stated that the mines OF that
state have been gradually running
down until now there is scarcely a
single lode that pays the Cost Of work
ing. The state itself has run down,as
regards voting population, below the
lowest territorial rate, Alaska ex-
copied. And yet it is a State, with
two Senator's in Congress, and there
seems to be no way OF regulating it to
territorial condition.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19

In the Century Tor November is q
striking article by DIR, Lyman Abbott,
on the dangers with which the Amar,
lean Republic are beset. DIR. Abbott
first points out that previous to the
Revolution che American colonists
were a Homogeneous people, But
since steamships and railways have
made access to the country easy, for
eigners have fiocked over in such mum.
bers that their assimilation in a short
time is impossible. He discusses at
length upon these points, and argues
that the earnings OF the people areab'
sorbed by stock gamblers and non
producers and refers to the excessive
power Of corporations TO land grab
bling, the siisn estate owners, and he
says there Is po salvation save frs'a
the spread OF christianity and cooper.
alton.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19
Canadian Ministers on Rein. Rebellion

At the banquet 20 Sir A. Caron and Hon.
Thomas White at Winnipeg CaTon caused
yociierous applause by stating he hated
rebels and had no sympathy, good bad or
indifferent, with rebellion. Referring to
rebellion, White said:
i visited the Prince Albert district, Of
which we lave heard so much of late. I
bad an opportunity OF seeing the terrible
misery brought upon the poor, mis-.
guided halfbrceds by the treachery Of
"A designing knaye. [Great applause, IL
seems to me thatifany~here the mann ofthe
man who led the creatures in that neigh
borhood aud caused such misery and des-
titutIon; the name OF him who, for the sec
ond tinrei in this northwest country, brought
disturbance upon the people, should be
held up 10 e~xecration, IL would be among
the unfortunate dupes who were led at that
time TO TAX up arms against the constitut-
ed authorities ol theCountry, and brought
misery and restitution upon the people.
Cheers.
1t is believed that after the ~utteranoes
oh these two members of the cabinet, Riel
has little chance Of escaping the g~allows.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19

The otfscers OF the revenue Guitar
Corwin, which, returned recently from
all exploration of Alaska, profess to
have found a wealth OF mineral and
timber resources, which may bsreadily
utilized, and the climate is certified to
be decidedly attractive. instead OF
peculiarly forbidding. as 1t is common
~ supposed to be. Gov. Swineford OF
Wisconsin, though he has been in
Alaska but a short time, more than
confirms these statements. Thepublic
mind win soon be In a ft condition to
give implicit confidence to emigration
documents irons that favored land
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19
~Centenarinns In Iowa.

Tho low eensus is nearly completed and
will show the following living oentenarians,
Elijah Wooa'ord, MoRona county; HON.
er Welch, Buchanan; Richard Farnes, Linn:
Henry Dayitt, Warren; Julia Kitty, Jack.
son; Anna Koor, Scott; Armdt Moharrow.
Allamakee; John o. Melley, Dallas:
C~atharine Parson, Mitchell; Margaret
Bowman, Burlington; Thomas Rice
Burlington, Is 104 years old and John Girls,
void at Washington the same. Dennis
Rorter oh ksokuk is 100, and Ella German.
Grinnell, the same; John Holland, Van
Bnreu, the same; William Mcmahon, Mus.
catine, the same; Christian Conrod, Della.
ware, is 104; Mother Smith. Muscatins
the same; Sarah Henry, Marshall, ia Tor.
Jane Burrell, Decatur. LOG, Mary Jordon'
Cass, los; Jacob Rogers. Henry, i07; Ma,
~ Brennan, Story, liz, and Jacob HECK.
Grundy, l21.
There are in the state thirty.ive Others
whose ages range from ninety. 1--we to ninety
years. "FVS
y
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19

The great trunk railroads are trying
to effect an agreement to withdraw
their fastest, or Limited" trains, be-
cause the cost far exceeds the receipts.
X has been estimated that the average
number OF passengers per day on the
Pennsylvania Railroad is 22, while
the Lake Shore and Hsw York Central
roads. owing to their lowes rates,
averaged so passengers a day. II
costs about 81 a mile 10 haul these
fast trains. which al~eys carry the
same number OF cars and no express
matter. while the receipts are never
more than As cents a mile. It is esti-
mated that tho Lake Shore road has
paid no less than $4,000 in the last
year for the privilege ~ running a
fast train in connection With the Nav
York Central.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19

John A. Welles, son Of the late Gideon
Welles, secretary OF the navy during Presi.
dent Lineoln's administration, died MT
Hartford, Conn, OF TYPHOID fever, aged
thirty six years. -
A cyclone, accompanied by torrents OF
rain and appalling elsetEie discharges,
started on Capaba river, passed through
pailAa, toTry and Bib counties, Alabama.
leaving " dead waste OF forests, plantation
houses and villas. Exploring relief parties
say the truck OF the cyclone was n hall
mile wide. They have gone over lorty
miles picking up dead and wounded, and
don't kno how much longer the track Il,
Thirteen persons ave been found killed
outright and forty or fifty dangerously
wounded.
An interesting patent decision was rem
dered IN the United States court at Chica-
go, IN the case Of James T., Drummopd
a2ainst W. Nenealbe g. Co., OF Petersburg,
va, Tor infringement OF the Drummond
patent Tor line marking plug Tobacco, so
thar 1t can be cut and retailed without
weighing. The patent is used by all tobac-
co manufacturers in the United States.
Judge blodsett decided the patent invalid.
At Butte, Mon, John Foley, an attach
OF the Theatre Comique, laid in wait 10,
hhce Flick, q woman whom he had been
Tor some months on intimate terms, and
her escort, one Yates, shot both, and then
placing the revolver to his mouth, killed
himself. w
ktllen osereaine Lannan in a beastlv
prize fight in ST. Paul recently.
Lieutenant Commander Charles NJ An.
thony, United States navy, died at Ports.
mouth, y. H., aged about fifty years.
Ex-Jndge Albert Cardoso died Mt his res,.
dence 10 New York recently.
Great excitement was created In the lob.
by OF the Neil house at Columbus, o.. Inv mn
encounter between Auditor OF state EmiI
k~iesewelter and w. j. Elliott. editor ana
proprietor OF the Sunday Capitol news.
paper: During the encounter two shot
were fired. NOV
The large three-story hotel al Lawrenc.
junction, owned by the Pennsylvania corn
papy, vas completely destroyed nv Are
Rev. WI. Holley. vicar general for Arch,
bishop, Elder Of tho archdiocese OF Cinein.
Paw, sied reoently At tho convent ofsacred
Heart Clifton, after a lingering illness.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19
One ot,bose Queer "Cree,ers."

Winchester, Vau S~pecial:-ln the Hugh
Merritt habeas corpus case here, for the
recovery OF his thirteen.year-old daughter,
it became necessary for the physician to
give evidence as to the musculinity Of Miss
Leila Payne, a sister OF Lawrence Register
Payne, the of Virginia. The
Judge decided that the examination
should be made with closed doors. II
is reported that the physician testified
that he found Leila to be Of masculine gen.
der. Mr., Merritt, who lives at BeIIaire,
Ohio, claims that Leila is not n proper
person to care for Bessie, his thirtecn-l ear
old daughter. Mr.. Merritt's first vile was
a Miss Payne. Tn argument will 10 CON
tinued. Two years ago thu Esory Of Nir-
ginia's man-womaG GAS first published,
and caused much gossip. The Payne iami-
ly il one OF the oldest in the Shenan.
dORh valley, and when the parents
died, Leila, because Of her mascu-
line proclivitios, assumed charge Of
affairs. She induced the government to
make the hamlet a p~ostofiicc, and she was
appointed postmistress. She opened q
grocery and hired a Miss Sarah Hinton 10
run it, and Miss Payne slept with her.
One day Lydia proposed marriage to Miss
Hinton. A physician confirmed Lydia's
suspicion thai she was a man. They were
married. The young lady involved in the
present case is a sister OF this man. The
change began in both when they entered
their teens, and has been u gradual traLs-
formation.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19

Il is not many years since Black
wood and hall a dozen other British
magazines werefound in manyfamilies,
libraries and reading rooms OF the
United States. But now they have
almost disappeared, and it is stated
that Harper's and the Century maya
zines are the most popular of any to
be found in England. SO large has be-
come the circulation of Harper's and
The Century in England that u firm of
London publishers has determined TO
issne a sp~lendidIy illustrated monthly
in order to compete with them.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19
LATEST NEWS SUMMARY.
7le Vow Cathollc unlyer,lty.

TIL board Of trustees OF tha Catholic
university met at the archiepiseensll. res.
idenpe a lew days ago in Baltinlore. The
following we're present:
Arcsbishops Gibbons. Baltimore, Will
iasns, Boston; Ryan, Philadelphia; and
Corrigan. New York; Bishops Ireland, st.
Paul; Keane, Richmond; Spanlding, Peoria;
Marty Dakota; Monsignor Farley. New
York; Rev. Drs. Foley, Baltimore. and
Cbapclle, Washington; Messrs. Michael Jen-
kins, Baltimore; Thomas r.. Wagertaan
Washington; and Eugene Kelley, New York.
Bishops Ireland, Keane, Spauldiug aud
Marty were authorized TO visit various
dicceses and collect funds for the u%niyer.
sity. They agreed to raise S7oo, 600,
which, with Miss Cadwell's donation, $780,
600, viii give the university 81, 0o0, 900,
To start with. The members OF the
university board will visit Washington and
qualify rs i-peorporators. A letter was
brought by DIR. 0'ConneT TO Archbishop
Gibbons from the pope, in which the latter
Expresses the great gratitude afforded him
20 learn that the archbishop OF Baltimore,
with bia callaasraa hishc. &c .-.Prica,
had conceived the noble designs of erecting
a Catholic university in America.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19

Boston pensions its policemen vino
have become old and inefficient, and
some people and newspapers ask for
pensions for female school teachers
WHO have served an allotted term OF
years, and adduce plausible reasons
why they should be thus requited for
long continued and efficient service.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19
Z rincelN Gift TO California.

The first definite details Of Senator Stan.
lords scheme for the establishment IN Cali.
lorGia OF a great university has been made
to the public. His ranch at Palo Alto. near
Menlo Park, about thirty miles from San
Francisco, has been selected as ,hs site.
The several kEi!dtuga comprising the uni.
yerEity WIN be In the general plan
OF q para'lelogram, and constituted SO az
to permit Of addition being made as the
neeessities OF the institution may require.
senator STANFORD viii donate to the univer.
sity his Falo Alto, Gridey and Vina prop
critics, worth So, 300, 600. To this he win
d n money donation 80 as to make he
total endowment Of the university $40.
600, 900, - ""''F '-|
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19
Personal Gossip.

Canon Farrar witt lecture to the students
OF Ann Arbor university on Nov. o.
Stewart Mckee, n millionaire glass man
ussetnrer OF pittsburg, died suddenly, aged
forty years.
II Is said Chief Justice Edgerton can
represent Dakota in the United States SEN
ace 4 hs so de0ires.
Rev. Or. John Hall, the noted Presby-
terrain pastor OF New York, has an income
Of 500, 900 a year.
There wa ~ large gathering OF the appsr.
ten Of New Orleans society recently at the
rsaidenee Of John Phelps, on Jackson
street, 10 witness the marriage u bis pieee,
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19
Casualty Record.

At Helena drunken William Todd drinks
a bottle of laudanum given him by Michael
McGnyern, and dies.
Further details of the Algoma disaster
= ow the calamity to have been much
greater thar first indicated.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19
Miss Louisa Yates OF New Orleans, to
Alhnrt 4 AriiI ~ 81 Paul

Miss Louisa Yates OF New Orleans, to
Albert r. Oyitt OF 81. Paul.
After providing for the payment Of al he
debts and funeral expenses, General Nta1ei.
Ian bequeaths all his real and personal 90
tate 10 his wife, Ellen Marcy Mcclellan. On
.he death OF his vile he directs that all his
estate he divided between his two children,
George b., Jr., and Mary NJ. share and
share alike. His military aecoutrements
he also leayes to his son, end the sword
that was presented TO him by the city OF
Philadelphia he leaves TO his daughter. He
app ,ints William c. Prime Of New York
literary executor, to make such use % he
deems best OF such papers as the decedent
MAJ have.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19

ALOvER'sC

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her lace q red u,
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19
AQUAINT

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sindow OF Will
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as a tiny zephyr s
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organ, whose ye
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selves in the poll
4 the range had |
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surface of each a
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theroom, with tn
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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1885-11-19
DAKOTA TERRITORIAL,


Dakota Go,s,..
candidate Tor governor ~ zista
the National hotel with Dasa
baeSer. The twain hav. 4 d
president, and were not called
back door. Both expires. NJ es
president $ reception. Dav isa.ss
astie and sanguine. H. SUI
sure TO be the man. AMI sa,s I'll
when his triumph viii come. We Y
NAM, there is authority n ~
the president was long a. ~ sar.J
that liebaeh should not Y ths y
ship. Mr.. Day, howevs. uasetAsm]
To get what he wants uwIllassAsi
what ground he expect. .aea VI
moyal OF Gov. Pierce. he Va seeas1
We charge him with mals,s
and we have the proof - ns y
not get out of the charse ian tAatS
the organic law by which 4, = hasd
governed, in that he apno,s 'sfas9
general a man who was not M = AZ
the law. We also charre silpos |
legislature provided for II. s'a' VI
erai new Offices, he SsaliN I
oil the council, who had 10 i've I'D
condemnation Of their own ,uN W
This the law distinctly app0irx
THAT when the legislatnrs .os. II
ices, no member particinatn.1lA !
ton shall be eligible durIny N = "
flee, nor until two years hays en-
he becomes a private citizen sal
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-19
PERSONAL MENTION.

John W. Linck, of Madison, is in the city.
Governor Gray is spending Sunday at Union
City, his home.
Mrs. Rose Bailey is making short visit with
friends in Greenfield
Hon. John W. Kern returned yesterday from
Washington, where he has been for week look
ing after the interests of the very hungry and
very thirsty.
Professor j. S. Black, formerly of this city is
at present connected with summer school at
Monteagle, in the mountains of Tennessee. The
pupils 60 there for the summer from all parts of
the country to pursue their studies, and at the
same time have the benefit of the delightful air.
Rev. DR.. Jenckes will conduct the services at
ST. Pauls this morning at 1045. Special music
to-day by quartette consisting of Misses Adams
and Hessling and Messrs. Hazard and Willard,
assisted by chorus Offertory solo by Miss Lot
tie Adams. The public is invited.
Mrs. Kent S. Morse, accompanied by her
brother, Fred Adams leaves to -morrow for a
trip which will inclnde Putin Bay and Mount
Clements, Mich They will meet Mr.. Morse at
the latter PLACE, whore he has been for the past
month, receiving great benefit from the baths,
and has so far recovered as to be able to return
home in a week or ten days.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-19
The Letter Was Sent.

New York Ledger.
A young lady was engaged to wealthy young
manufacturer. The day was set for the mar
riage; the guests were invited But few days
before the day appointed for the wedding the
prospective bride learned that the firm to which
her betrothed belonged was insolvent She
Immediately wrote him letter breaking the
engagement and bidding him farewell. II was
sent off in the greatest haste as there was no
more than time to stop the preparations for the
wedding Two hours after it had been posted
she learned that the rumor of the firms in
solvency was false. Accompanied by her
parents she fastened to the postofice
to demand the return of her letter. The post
master politely declined to give it up. The young
lady insisted, but the postmaster remained firm.
The parents began to argue the case It was
useless. They became excited; their daughter
became hysterical, and there was scene But
appeals entreates tears, wringing of hands,
and threats of faintng were all in vain: the po-
lite postmaster had but one answer. The rule
admitted of no exception, and the letter was
already, in the eyes of the law, the property Of
the young man. 1t was sent, and saved him
from the great misfortune of marrying mer-
cenary wife. More than one tale has been writ
ten founded on the incident of letter being
lost or intercepted. Perhaps it would be we'll, by
way of variety, for some rising author to found
his next story upon a letter that was delivered
against the sober second thought of the writer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-19
The Telephone Troubles,

At meeting of the managing committee rep
resenting the telephone patrons, held yesterday
morning it was decided to continue the work of
soliciting contributions from the citizens to
defray the expenses of the case upon which the
validity of the new law is to be tested, and
james Sulgrove has been employed for this pur-
pore. The counsel who are to manage the case
10 the interests of the patrons will not
BE- selected for few days 1t
wAs desired by Messrs. Sullivan and Ayers that
Judge Holman and r. o. Hawkins should be en-
ploFed, but they refused to have anything to do
with the case i'll a professional way, for the
reason that they had been taxing an active part
m the night against the company members Of
the managing committee. They have consented,
however, TO act as advisory counsel, without
compensation with whoever may be employed
by the committee
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-07-19
State ROnds Redeemed.

-Four of the Indiana internal improvement
bonds for 81, 900 each, issued in 1886, were re-
deemed and Cancelled by the State Treasurer
yesterday. These bonds have quite history.
They were bought by the government as an in
vestment for the benefit of the Indian fund. At
that time there was no such officer as Secretary
of the Interior, but when that Office was created
the bonds were transferred to it
by George w. Crawford. Secretary of War
Secretary Lamar transferred them to the United
States Treasurer, who sent them to State Treas
urer Cooper, by whom they were redeemed.
There were originally 200 of the bonds, and they
were known as belonging to the non compromise
class, because in the States trouble over the
Wabash and Erie canal bonds the owners
refused to accept the terms upon which many of
Indianas creditors at that time compromised
claims. The bondholders who refused to COM
promise have since received payment j. full
There now remain only two of the bon> out
standing.